On February 2, 2012 my husband and I hung side by side at the start of the zip line at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
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Journey to Now, Again
I read MAGICAL JOURNEY last summer and shared my thoughts and a free copy about it here. The paperback version has just been released and Katrina Kenison is offering
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Confessions of a Bathroom Reader
Confession #1. This is for my mother who will not be shocked when she hears that yes, all those times I disappeared into the bathroom when
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Twenty Nine
When I saw the prompt for an essay contest a while back, I couldn’t get it out of my mind. The prompt was this: write about
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Sunset 2013
As 2013 began to draw to its close, the skies over southern California began to light up. For several weeks in December, many of us would
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State of Pray: New Hampshire Memories
A while back, Mark Koopmans was looking for people across the country and beyond to represent their states or countries in a project called 50 States of Pray today.
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The Gift of Found Time
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” ― Annie Dillard A little over eight years ago my father’s heart stopped.
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Hitting Bottom and Calling it Home
Thirty one years ago, Jim Mastro applied for a job as a seal trainer at the San Diego Zoo. He didn’t get it so he went
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Intervention
I don’t know what kind of bird this is, I don’t know its sex. All I know is that for five days it occupied my backyard,
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The Mother My Daughter Is
From Betsy: This is the first time I’ve re-blogged anything but this piece by Jan Wilberg broke my heart in a good way. I wanted to share
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