Well, we gave it a good try. The story: two women enter the world around the same time, and in the course of that parallel timeline, find themselves on diametrically opposed pathways. One day in late 2010, they meet through the blogosphere, talk by email for four months, collaborate for a week on details for [...]
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writing wednesdays: karen edmisten on surrender
What happens when your world is rocked by conversion, and life takes on a completely new dimension that involves surrender? Karen Edmisten will tell you today on Peace Garden Writer. All you have to do is skip over there for a couple minutes. I’ll catch you in the comments box! Roxane
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mama mondays: suspicion and tension
Our middle daughter took this photo of her new pup, Snickers, and our cat Skittles. I’ve taken it upon myself to name it “Suspicion.” I know for a fact that when Snickers first fell asleep, there was no cat on the bed next to him. The cats only come out full force these days [...]
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faith fridays: to boldly face the devil
When my sister and I were in New Orleans last month, we encountered all kinds of interesting sights, including the devil himself. (Sorry if I scared anyone right off. Hang on and I’ll make my point soon!) Well, not really the devil. He claimed he was a father of two young children who was “just [...]
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writing wednesdays: the piggy snubs the readers
I’ve had trouble posting here, so am sharing today’s Writing Wednesday post through a link to Peace Garden Writer. There, you’ll find out just why the piggy has turned his back on us momentarily, if not longer. Peace to you! PGM
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mama mondays: reunion and rainbow
I’m a bit photo happy this summer; fewer on words, heavier on the images that are coloring my days. I hope you don’t mind more of the same for this week’s edition of Mama Mondays. We spent our Sunday in my husband’s lake hometown, where some of his extended family had gathered from Mississippi and [...]
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faith fridays: 5 steps that led me to the front lines of the prolife movement
This was the scene at North Dakota’s only abortion facility on Wednesday — abortion day. Along with the regulars, there was a large group of young people keeping watch and singing the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Their presence seemed a powerful statement of where the pro-life movement is heading, with more and more fresh-looking faces [...]
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writing wednesdays: a directive to go enjoy summer!
Yes, writers, you are hereby directed to go out and enjoy summer while it lasts! Run, don’t walk, to the nearest lemonade stand, swimming pool or lake, or public event in the park. Suck it all in while you can – it doesn’t last forever (not up North anyway!). Need more encouragement? See Peace Garden [...]
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mama mondays: a beautiful beginning
This weekend, my girls and I had a chance to gaze upon this beautiful, blushing bride during a lakeside wedding ceremony. My friend Lori is an amazing person; the mother of seven who, at 40-something, married her prince. This was her first wedding; her children, the “7 Wonders” as her license plate says, came into [...]
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faith fridays: finding hope and my place on the sidewalk
Which is it? A pesky weed thrusting its measly self through the sidewalk, or hope? I see hope; the tenacity of a fragile stem ignoring what should be possible, pushing toward light despite the hostile environment it is bound to enter. This photograph speaks to me in a particularly vivid way right now, especially concerning [...]
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