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For a Time 19 Aug 2013 | 03:15 pm
For a time it was easy for me to be dismissive of the church [perhaps a bit stereotypically as an instinctively cynical, older member of the millennial generation]. Maybe that disenfranchisement was ...
Learning to Trust Your Intuitions 19 Aug 2013 | 11:05 am
It’s been bothering me, this feeling. This nagging conviction that I need to check a specific thing off my to-do list. I don’t often get the feeling, but when I do ignoring it always leads to regret. ...
An Open Letter to the Over Sharing Mama’s 18 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
Dear Over Sharing Mama, I feel you. Sometimes, I confess, I over share because I feel woefully inadequate as a Mama. At least I think that’s why underneath it all. I upload copious amounts of insta...
Food means, “I want to take care of you.” 16 Aug 2013 | 02:09 pm
My curls were pinned in perfect place when I strode up to that open interview—if I wasn’t qualified to bring a beer to a table, at least I could look like I was. Last time I applied at a restaurant, y...
The Impossible Beans 16 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
I grew up far from the deep south. The only Southerners I knew were the Duke cousins and their sworn enemy, a swine of a man in a deceptive white suit and hat. Foods of the south were never on our men...
I Found No Questing Hobbits in Orlando 16 Aug 2013 | 11:01 am
I took the trail I had never taken before, the one that bore off to the right and ducked through a small cove before clinging to the rocky edges of the creek. Clouds rolled in from the west, heavy wit...
You Are Brave 15 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
What does it mean to be brave? I’m working on a character whose journey takes him from innocence to loss to revenge to the nothingness inherent in vengeance. At his lowest point he’s told that to over...
Summers, Lazy Days, and Blessings 15 Aug 2013 | 09:05 am
(Me and my brother too long ago. Yes. I’m apparently wearing a tube top. The only one I will ever wear in my life.) We would wake up early and stay up as late as possible. Me, my little brother, and...
Imperfect and Unprepared: The Story of Every Parent Ever. 14 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
We came home from the hospital with an 8 pound rage factory who hated the world unless he was nursing or in the bath. No book or class or conversation can prepare you for the sleep-deprived madness of...
Abortion, Gay Marriage, Immigration, Gun Control, And The Church 14 Aug 2013 | 11:01 am
Church & State is a column about the intersection of faith and politics. I don’t know about you, but in my experience at church and around church people there are a few issues that have come to all b...
