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How One Little Paragraph Helped Me Turn My Life Around
Years ago a massive hurricane threatened to come to our stretch of the coast and tear lives and homes apart. I had less than an hour to decide what papers and items to take to a shelter. Emotions that hit me as I looked around were not what I had…
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Waiting for Barbie
I recall one perfect Indiana summer. Life was simple and processed food yummy back then. It was the era of CoolAid, M&M's of all colors, Oscar Mayer hot dogs, and windmill cookies with almonds on the roof (none of which I was allowed to eat). Mothers who wore housedresses and…
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Autumn in an Indiana Farmhouse
When I was 5 my parents rented an old farmhouse that I will forever hold in my heart. Thinking back to that time, it's like savoring a beautiful dream. To start with, it had a treacherous attic and my parents forbade us to go up there. But my four-year-old brother…