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In the midst of struggle, I often turn to books. Talking to friends and family can be somewhat helpful but sometimes I need to enter into t...

"So, you have tested positive for lupus," she said matter-of-factly--this woman about my age looking intently at her laptop, as w...

Slowly, working my way through the expected recitation of numbers, 98 . . . 99 . . . 100, I would then yell out, "Ready or not, here I...

A friend stopped by to see me while I was selling my wares at our local farmers' market on Saturday. Though I get a lot of sewing done ...

It is impossible to know what is going on in the mind and the heart of another. Even if someone chooses to share this information with me, ...

I went to church today with a tray full of cookies and a heart full of hope. The cookies, my signature recipe of molasses cookies made into...

On the second day of the fourteen-hour journey northward, we cross into the county where I am from. Exiting off the highway, I search for t...