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The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. John 1:14 a Every day after their naps I carry my one year old twins down the stairs, one on each hip, like a hulking maternal weight-lifter. Pausing in the kitchen, I lean them over the counter one at a...
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But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. Luke 2:19 I noticed her as I passed through the small chapel on my way back to my room where I would pump milk for the two babies I’d left at home. She was standing at the front of the chapel space...
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I stand over the small wooden table gazing at the meal, my eyes taking in its beautiful simplicity. The host ladles me a generous scoop of steaming, creamy soup and I shuffle slowly around the table in silence with my fellow retreat participants. I...
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I could blame the fact that Halloween and the days that followed were filled with the planning and execution of an unexpected trip to North Carolina. Or I could blame the jolting shift to daylight savings time which has the twins waking at five in the...
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(this should be a cute picture of my son and I in our costumes, but that’s another longer story for another day) It’s rainy and cold and we’re all keyed up and worn out from being trapped indoors for two days by Hurricane Sandy. I wake up, too late, and...
