Counting Blessings
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Choose to be Teachers and Students
My daughter and son-in-law asked me to speak at their wedding. I was honored but also…
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TED Talk from Sharon Brous: It’s time to reclaim and reinvent religion
Sharon Brous powerful TED Talk is a great part of the global conversation that needs to…
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Friday Writing Challenge: Tattoos
Writing Prompt #2: What tattoos do you have, or what tattoos would you get, and why? July…
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Blessing 27: Nelson
My father-in-law, Nelson Hawkins, was a blessing in my life for so many reasons. Even during…
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Blessing 24: David
I’ve been counting my blessings for over two years now; it has helped me get through…
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Blessing #20: Blossoming as a Writer
Fight for your right to write. That’s the slogan my students chose for our journalism class…
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Blessing #19: My Faith
I’m not going to lie; my faith is not what it was ten years ago. And…
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Blessing #15-18: My Family
Blessings Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays: I love cooking the entire meal; families all…
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Blessing #14: My Students, Ripples in the Water
Blessings “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters…
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Blessing #13: Dennis and Lori
Blessings Part of my writing journey has been to count my blessings, to focus on the…
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Blessing #12: Family Pets
I’m still raw from the loss of Sadie, our beloved Boxer of 9 years. In the…
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Blessing #11: Carol Linn, the Woman, Not the Child
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. This statement has never been truer than with my daughter…
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Blessing #10: Darling Dedo
My grandfather was the kindest, most self-assured man I have ever met. He loved his children…
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Blessing #9: Memories of the Matriarch
Baba Vicky was the strongest, sweetest, smartest person I have ever met. I would tell her…
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Blessings 5-8: My Closest Friends
I’ve always been a one-person friend. I may have had a number of girls I hung…