At twenty-six years of age I was eight months pregnant with our fourth child. It seemed like I spent most […] Read More >

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I was in a fender bender. Granted, it happened years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday! In […] Read More >

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This is totally weird!  We packed up the car and the four of us headed out for spring break. The […] Read More >

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We took a holiday by a lake in the mountains.  The sky was blue, the water cool and the mountains […] Read More >

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Don’t look around. Just stare straight at these words and try to remember all the green objects around you. No […] Read More >

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My early morning jog seemed colder than normal. I felt chilled to the bone, so I stayed in the hot […] Read More >

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Recently we were in Banff at a “Weekend Getaway” Marriage Conference. We arrived a day early to help set up […] Read More >

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Yesterday, as I was dropping my daughter off at the local high school we had a rather startling conversation about […] Read More >

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I recommend making a list. The list I’m referring to is a friendship list. Yesterday I had a great conversation […] Read More >

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The trail suddenly and definitely came to an end. It had been getting narrower for the past kilometer or so, […] Read More >

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