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A tribute to Phyllis
It’s been a month. It has taken a month for me to compose my thoughts and write about my cousin Phyllis’s death - because it hurts. ...


An open letter to Texas lawmakers:
It appears that Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, will soon be signing into law Senate Bill 8, which bans abortion after a fetal...


Just the Way It Is?
In 1974, I interviewed with a high school principal for a job opening for a school counselor. After a short Q & A, including the...


Beating Bullying
Bullying, defined by Oxford Languages as to "seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)" has been around as...


If Jesus was on the school board...
I try to keep up with our local school board meetings for a variety of reasons, foremost being that I truly believe education is the...


When a crack becomes a gap...
My father was abusive, mostly emotionally, but a couple of times, also physically. I have painful memories of the knife-sharp edges of...


Bonded by blood; friends by choice
Today's my cousin Karen's birthday. Of all my 42 first cousins, some of whom have now passed, Karen is the closest, though among the...


Reflections on a wedding band
After the anniversary ring/missing-found diamonds miracle, I was looking at my wedding band today, observing how different my...


And the Greatest of These is Love (1 Corinthians 13:13)
I've been thinking a lot lately about religion and spirituality, in particular about the role of religion in politics. I've been doing a...


Ivanhoe Circle
You can’t live in a place for almost four decades and NOT have stories to tell.
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