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I hate it when this happens: Them: Will you write x amount of words for us on this topic and get it to us by x date? We believe in you, and we hope you believe in us. Writer/Author: I DO believe in you! Thanks so much for reaching out to me and considering me to write something for …
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On our last night in Texas, David, Glynn, Jennifer, Laura, and I walked the dirt road from the Great Hall to Lodestar (in Texas, houses have names). It was pitch dark, and if we hadn't been together — if I'd been walking the road by myself — I would have been terrified. I know this because I had …
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In Texas, while I look out the window of the white Suburban, the sky reaches her arms out wide and saunters softly overhead. We drive slow and easy and the road under the wheels whispers stories I can't hear with my ears. I sit in the second row, and in the front seat, Marcus and Shelly speak …
Not long after I wrote that bit about my hair for TheHighCalling.org, I decided to let my hair go natural again. Perhaps you've noticed? I don't know; maybe I'd made the decision long before that, and writing about my hair was the thing that helped me realize it. It's more than a notion. There …
I just said goodbye to my son. I hugged him tight - all 23 years of him - and told him he is my favorite son. I always tell him that. He hugged me back. He hardly ever does that. I told him I loved him so much I didn't even have words for it - "And I have a lot of words," I told him. "Mmm-hmm," …
