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Category: I Swear I Lived
One of Those People
Ratty curls flopped on top of my hundred pound body. Dressed in oversized boy’s clothing, a coffee cup in my hand that may have been be filled with Jack Daniels, and smoke on my breath; I jumped on a friend’s handlebars and somehow made… Continue Reading “One of Those People”
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I Write to Save my Life
It was a crisp autumn evening in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, 2016. I stood in a room as one of several women who had gathered for fellowship, refreshing, and seeking a touch from God. It was strange that I was there. I don’t… Continue Reading “I Write to Save my Life”
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Our Jar
We didn’t have plastic gloves small enough for her little fingers, but that didn’t stop us. We marched towards the woods, our hands wrapped in grocery sacks, determined to gather up the trash that littered the earth and littered our view. As we picked… Continue Reading “Our Jar”
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Underestimate Me. That’ll Be Fun.
Once upon a time, I was a Youth Director at a Lutheran Church. Comical, if you know me. Never, not once in my life, had I stepped into a Lutheran church or any liturgical church for that matter. I’m an honest person and I… Continue Reading “Underestimate Me. That’ll Be Fun.”
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