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Gold: A Gift to My 4-Year-Old Self

Dear Melissa, It’s your 4th birthday today.  What good luck that Mrs. Pickering chose such a spectacular craft project for her preschool class on this day. The shiny golden paper that sits before you looks like treasure. It’s all you … Continue reading

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Be Careful With This

A few years ago, when our youngest daughter was just four, she tip-toed into my bedroom on the morning of Valentine’s Day as I was getting dressed to go to work.  She had caught me in one of those hurried … Continue reading

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An Imperfect Heart: The Beginning

I was born with an imperfect heart. It wasn’t until I was 22, and I mentioned the heaviness I felt across my chest, that a doctor discovered it.  An imperfection so small it had gone unnoticed though I had carried … Continue reading

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