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May.02.2013
I wrote these words on April 14:
Gretchen and I got married last Saturday, April 6th. It was beautiful out — a perfect day for a wedding. Our wedding was at 5 PM at our tiny Episcopalian church we attend. My father was my best man. Gretchen’s best friend, Cindy, was her matron of honor. We had...
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Apr.29.2013
“Thanks so much for all you’re doing,” my sister-in-law kept saying. My husband’s cousin had passed away, and we were attending a celebration of her life. We pitched in to give her a proper farewell—setting up tables, arranging pastries on platters, and helping to pay for refreshments.
“Of course...
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Apr.26.2013
Since I have not lived in my home town for over 40 years, I have also not been a recent member of my home church, but last week I went back for a few days to visit my family. On Sunday, I sat quietly and looked around, trying to recall what I would have seen in that exact place when I was in...
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Apr.24.2013
I wrote these words on April 2, 2013:
I’m getting married this coming Saturday to the love of my life, Gretchen. We’ve been together for awhile now and have been living together since August 2011. We met online on a blogging site in 2004. We’re a really good fit and we’re both very excited about...
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Apr.16.2013
We all have our own little indulgences, beloved drinks or foods, the yummiest lollies, chocolates, treats or candies. Mine is a bag of mixed sweets dominated by a Caramel Bud, a pot of honey and an old-time favourite, the Chocolate Mate.
My Caramel Bud is full of buttery charm with a determination...
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Apr.15.2013
I’ll admit it: In addition to safe and wonderful travels, there was something else I was hoping for during my brother and his fiancée’s trip to Europe: that they’d fall in love with one of the cities we were visiting, and decide to stay.
One of the hardest things about living abroad is...
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Apr.14.2013
I am the second of four children, first two boys and then two girls. I have always liked this combination, because then each of us gets at least one brother and one sister. Thanks, Mom and Dad!
Not too long ago, my brother, sisters, and I were thinking about what to give our mother for...
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Apr.12.2013
The Antagonist, By Lynn Coady
This book is on the surface a rant by a hard-luck fellow, Gordon Rankin, Jr. (Rank), via e-mail, caused by an old college acquaintance’s novel, in which Rank finds himself the very apparent subject. Beneath the superficial rant, though, the book concerns many things...
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Apr.07.2013
People who have read or heard some of my Boundary Waters Canoe Area stories often question why I would return to such a difficult environment in the name of a vacation? It's a question that always puts me on the spot at the time, but this past trip I took the opportunity to reflect a bit on...
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Mar.29.2013
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
We are so accustomed to being lectured about the perils of pride, that when genuine pride comes along it can be hard to recognize its virtue. Our academic minds resist the thought of pride. We have...
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