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Sharpening Tool
It started when I found myself applying the “sharpening” tool to all my photos. I assumed my lens was broken. All three of my lenses must be broken because all my photos were blurry. Then I could no...
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Pillow Talk
Last night I dreamt I couldn’t sleep. That’s what you call a good news/bad news scenario. I was in my same bed, lying next to the same man, struggling to fall asleep. Hours dragged on; I tossed...
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10 Years
One night my husband dreamed he graduated from college and President Obama handed him his diploma. That same night I dreamed Kim Kardashian and I were best friends. We’re different, my husband and I....
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Adopting Salvation
† I found my birth parents this summer. Adopting Salvation is our story in three parts. † I was born in June, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan and placed for adoption. My parents took me in one month later...
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Adopting Salvation: Linda
† I found my birth parents this summer. Adopting Salvation is our story in three parts. † When I told my Confidential Intermediary that I was born in 1970 she said, “Oh, that’s good! Most of those...
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Adopting Salvation: Tim
† I found my birth parents this summer. Adopting Salvation is our story in three parts. † Tim I heard from first. Tim I spoke with first. I was scared and vulnerable but when Tim stepped into the...
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Mercy
It was one of those days, you know? I couldn’t face one more meal denied before it even made it on the dish. Not one more afternoon of shuttling, scuffling, entertaining and refereeing. Not another...
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Paying for the Privilege
Questions my six-year-old son has been asked at the barbershop: “You’re not scared of a little water, are you?” “You need to be a man. Are you a man or a little boy?” “You have a girlfriend yet? Come...
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Divining Beauty
My daughter’s current defining physical characteristic is her curly hair. You see her, you see her hair. It’s amazing. Like her brother, she doesn’t care much about her hair but for some reason she...
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Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
As I unpacked my clothes the other day, I thought about all the pieces I could eliminate if I employed The Closet Trick: “Turn around all the hangers in your closet so the hooks are pointing towards...
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