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Cinderella
Once upon a time, there lived a young girl who should have been very unhappy. Unhappy she should have been, for her mother was dead, her father had married another woman, a widow with two daughters,...
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The Media Wants YOU
The most important thing you should know about the secular media is that they want you. They have agenda and mission. They have an ax to grind and the greatest of grinders with which to accomplish...
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Soundwaves
As a music teacher, I’ve taught 4-year-olds, 76-year-olds, and everyone in between! But the vast majority of my students are little people whose legs dangle from the piano bench and beside whom I have...
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The Traitor Within
This is the storyline novels are made of: Ultimate sacrifice for one’s country. A life motivated by the need to restore the once-respected family name that your alcoholic father tarnished. True love...
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♥ Thinking about February ♥
February generally gains its glory in chocolate and hearts, leap years, and something called a “Super bowl” {whatever that is}. Around here, it memorialized itself in snow, a conference, two get-aways,...
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All Because Two People Fell in Love
A dear lady planted the seed of an idea in my brain five years ago: "Have you thought about giving your parents a 25th anniversary party?" It didn't work out at the time, but ever since I have known...
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Birth Announcement
He may have already stopped hoping by the time Hope was born. Over 400 years of silence from God overshadowed this man’s ancestors. It was a silence that rivaled the 430 years of Jewish slavery in...
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Quixotic
The Miniature Schnauzer tramps along with head held high and nose quivering with stimulation. He spies a Great Dane approaching and without a moment's consideration, he strains at his leash, barking...
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Good Girl = Good Life?
Good Girl Equals Good LifeCause and effect is a truism in the heart of man. We put 100 cents into a vending machine and cry “scam” if nothing comes out. We live an upright life and anticipate a good...
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On the Other Side of the Continent
No matter where I am going, that moment the plane lifts off the ground, I am a little kid again. Two weeks ago, I was staring out the postage-stamp window of an airplane, enthralled by the clouds....
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The Real McCoy
Who Are You? Who are you really? Are you the responsible person your employer says you are? Are you the wise person those you are discipling say you are? Are you the good-hearted person those...
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Is it Easter Again?
Spring has returned from her hibernation. The yellow-frothed daffodils declare it. The bumbling bees distill her sweetness.The warm sunshine embodies her return.I shouldn’t be surprised, but for some...
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Easter the Gift
Christmas is synonymous with the Gift and, consequently, any and every gift. The holiday is all about giving and receiving, and so many traditions are centered on these actions of love. On Christmas...
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The Recital Tragedy
The room was closing in on me as if I were suffocating under a heavy woolen cloak. My shaky legs wobbled to the front of the room and I heard the applause as though it were from a distant mountain...
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Jury Duty
I clicked on the website and scanned the text for the seventh time in the last two weeks. Eagerness filled me when I saw my group number and realized that I was being called in the next day for...
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Honey, Do You Need a Tissue?
We girls understand getting emotional, even if guys sometimes don’t. There are just times when one thing stacks up on top of another until the tower of turmoil becomes overwhelming. Then there is...
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Waiting in God's Best
After a whirlwind four-month courtship (which was really the culmination of a 22 year-long friendship), Joel and I got engaged (read our "Love Story" here!). We had stars in our eyes, we knew we loved...
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Mud: It's Good for the Soul!
This is not me, but it might as well have been!Last weekend found me sitting atop a twelve foot tall rough wooden slide, staring down at a deep vat of mud below. This was what Melanie and I had come...
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{Right Now I Am}
Seeing...my messy bedroomHearing...the swoosh of air through my ventSmelling...smoke on my clothes from tonight's bonfireTasting...my s'more! Needing...sleepWanting...this shirt Regretting...not...
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Before You Travel to Another World
From the time I learned to read at age four, I have devoured any book I could hold onto for a day. My parents didn’t ever have to take me to Disneyland as a child—the library was just across town and...
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