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Remember when I told you I'd written something about my dislike of Christmas? Well, you can read all about it today, over at incourage. Start reading below, then click through to read the full essay. When I was a little girl, my pastor said something that shook me to my core. I remember …
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Not too long ago, while sitting in a meeting, I felt a little wave of nervousness pass over me. It sort of tickled itself across the back of my neck, just below my hairline, and I felt my breathing get a little bit shorter. Has that ever happened to you? In the split second it took me to catch my …
WAY back in the day, when my daughter was younger, she became enamored of the movie High School Musical. I have only myself to blame. I come from a long line of people who love musical theater in all its forms. If a movie includes well-choreographed moments of the entire cast breaking out into song …
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My grandfather came to live with us, after my grandmother passed away. He’d sit on the banquette in our kitchen, one leg crossed over the other, his right hand resting on our butcher block table. Sometimes I’d pass through the kitchen on my way to somewhere else. Other times, I’d stand at the …
A few years ago, in an act known as the Big Chop, I cut all the chemicals out of my hair. I went cold turkey and made a clean break from the chemicals and pressing combs used to straighten my hair and force it to comply to a standard for which it has not been created. It was a big move, and it left …
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This is a prayer for the girlfriends among us, Lord. You knew we'd need each other and that we would rock the whole girlfriend thing. So, thank You for the friends who have our back and rub our feet and Vox or text at just the right time with just the right words. You knew we'd thrive with the …
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