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“I didn’t get a chance to see the fire engine this year,” she said, her voice carrying regret and sadness. My sister in law’s cancer had come back and their life was once again filled with endless rounds of chemo, waiting rooms and doctor visits. They were fighting...
"Compassion inflicts its knife-like pain only on those who, strong or not, brave or not, intelligent or not (such qualities are beside the point), have been granted the horrible gift of looking the world full in the face and seeing it as it is." - Marguerite...
I've had months to get ready. But I'm not ready. I google "animals in Haiti," "birds in Haiti," "snakes in Haiti." and "Haitian culture." I immerse myself in Flickr'ed blue and red and green and pink gingerbread architecture and cough from dust rising in YouTube...
I know a teenager who is destitute. The same girl steals. Of course she does. That's what happens when you lack everything. So when it came time to divvy extra Christmas cash, this girl did not make the cut. While others offered up her name, I shook my head. Tsk. Tsk....
When I was a child, Shoney’s Buffet was a big deal. Where else could you get a...
[serialposts] "No education, no future. With education, dreams come true!" I...
In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. ~Psalm 25:1 (NIV) We stopped at a dingy...
[serialposts]I've really been having a tough time holding it together over the...
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