Parenting
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You Don’t Know…
It was obvious. There was a problem with this child. More specifically, the problem was with his parents. He would not listen well when they asked him to do things. He would get into rooms and spaces at church where children were not supposed to be. The way he ran around made all the older… Continue reading
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Tears
Divorce was never on my list of dreams. Being a single mom, well, I always tried to feel empathy for them but I knew it was not something I’d ever have to experience. Or so I thought. Not having that one other person in your life, every day, to care about the mundane and the… Continue reading
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So Happy
Dark. Dreary. Ugly. Unloving. Impatient. Sadness. Anger. Frustration. Depression. It was the beginning of a long, dark road for me, a journey that, had I known how long it would last, I may not have seen a reason to continue. It’s a good thing we can’t know these things. While there are always many factors… Continue reading
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Life Upside-down Cake
Thanks to the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, life just got really, really different. Surreal is my word of the week. One week ago today the announcement was made that schools in Oregon would close until April 1st. We saw our students that day, told them to take home certain textbooks and a few other things, and… Continue reading
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