Tag: grief
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#FlashbackFriday: Shadows
Last weekend, wavering somewhere between grief and nostalgia, I dug out some old CDs from under my bed, CDs containing years of homework, photos, journal entries, and story ideas. I certainly didn’t go through it all, but I went back to the ones that stuck out in my memory. In particular, I wanted to reread…
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Guest Blog: Somewhere to Land
This guest blogger is a woman of prayer, a spiritual director, a mother, grandmother, observer of nature, and caretaker of souls. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a post by the the woman who raised me: Lucky Jane. July 14, 2016. 10:00 p.m. I stand at the kitchen sink washing dishes, in a state of…
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To Kylie, c/o God
Dear Kermit, I wish you were here… to help our friends grieve. to sit with my mother while she cries. to see people show up from all over the world to honor you. to mock the music they played at your funeral. I wish you were here… to see your brother come to church.…