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My mother came to live with us while Todd served overseas in Desert Storm and then Provide Comfort following the official end of the war effort. What a joy to have her there helping me through some very difficult days when I delivered our first knowing Todd would not be home for several months after her birth. [Read more…]
My dear friend, Madonna lost her mother over four decades ago and still has few answers about her disappearance. About a year ago, I wrote Bring Annita Home to ask for your prayers and solicit donations to the search effort. Quite a lot transpired over that year, but the piece below gives a very brief update. [Read more…]
Chips for breakfast if you please,
Chocolate chips smothered in cheese–
No, pepper will not make me sneeze. [Read more…]
I drank the This Is Us Koolaid, and I’m hooked. Maybe you’re a fan as well.
If not, let me give you a few nuggets to catch you up. Jack and Rebecca Pearson have triplets, but the third baby does not make it. On the same day, a fireman delivers a newborn to the hospital who had been left at the station door. The beautiful couple adopt the little black baby and fill out their Big 3 as they call them and leave the hospital with three little ones. [Read more…]
In a conversation around our table in recent months, we discussed racial tensions and how people could connect and dispel the preconceived notions that lead to racial tensions. My son wished out loud that more people would sit down together and talk through differences and learn to appreciate one another.
So imagine my excitement when I read about Daryl Davis [Read more…]