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Honey of Communion {Sunrise in The Trauma Ward}

“In the lion of trial we find the honey of communion.” Charles Spurgeon {1834-1892} “Pull the curtain back,” I whispered. Isabella, my daughter, uncurled her body from the vinyl foldout bed the...

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Thoughts Before Dying

I do remember details in stunning clarity. The gentle cool of the night air, a handful of stars on black satin sky. The cold, dull outer edge of the scissors as they moved up my leg and down the other....

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It’s Not Always Pretty, But It Is Always Good {My Story in Video}

I watched spring this morning. The robins hopped on greening grass. Goldfinch looked in the window as if to ask me, “Are you ever going to fill that feeder with thistle?” Cold blue skies, swept with...

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The Truth About Joy {and how to have it}

I might have danced if I could. I might have boogied and wiggled and shaken my hips. But instead, I wept. Leaning my head against the fiberglass wall of the hospital shower, salted tears streamed and...

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