Update!!! So excited this was also shared on Huffington Post! Click link to check it out! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/to-my-daughter-with-learning-differences-whom-i-once_us_573a3382e4b06dede18b9937?hd45lep4nfyctyb9 This letter was written and submitted to The Mighty before I posted it here. It is also posted on www.themighty.com with a few minor edits. I’m so grateful to my daughter for letting me share her story. I pray it encourages
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Letter to My Daughter on Her First Day of High School
This post originally appeared on the blog in 2012 when my oldest daughter started high school. This year my younger daughter starts her freshman year. I’m reposting because I’d say the same things to her. Of course I would say some different things too. Because she is different. And now, so am I. But as
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Alone in a crowded room?
I read a review of a book in the Tribune today. It’s written by a veteran of the Iraq war. I read the interview with him and he talked about how it’s difficult when you get back from war and you feel like you don’t fit in, like nobody understands you. I also read
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Stories
14-16“Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket,
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Letter to My Daughter on Her First Day of High School
I woke up this morning thinking “Where did the time go?” I remember the day you were born. Well, actually, I’ll be honest, it’s a blur. After being induced and then going through 24 hours of labor, I was exhausted. And then upon seeing you, I was exhilarated… and scared…and overwhelmed. I felt a keen
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Home
Okay so today I had no plan. This is a good thing because my dryer broke and I needed to do laundry. I went to my friend’s house to do laundry. We sat and folded and talked and laughed. It was nice. No hurry. We can’t go anywhere. See, things are changing for us. Our