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Last night, I was given the most thoughtful gift I have received in quite some time. Before I assisted with our Blue Christmas worship service (meant for those grieving through the holidays) at the church I serve, a member of our grief group ran up to me. She handed me a clear bag with aContinue reading “A Gift in Memory”

It’s September 11. May we never forget… Often we say “I’ll never forget where I was that day.” But what if we never forgot what it was like to feel empathy and devastation for others we don’t even know?  What if we decided to never forget the way our chests felt hollow as we watchedContinue reading “Thoughts on Political Violence”

It’s World Suicide Prevention Day, and September is Suicide Prevention Month. I can’t let this day slide by without acknowledging the terrible void that suicide has left in my life and in my family.  In May of 2023, one of the most important people of my childhood committed suicide.  My cousin Rachel was one ofContinue reading “Ladybug, A Poem”