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Not Just a News Story -The Miracle Kids
Have you ever caught the news and a story stands out to you? I had that experience May of 2017. There was a bus accident in Tanzania that killed nearly everyone on the bus; 32 kids, 2 teachers and the … Continue reading
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A Tanzanian Smile
First Impressions. I’ve decided it is the smile. I’ve also concluded all Tanzanians even those here from neighboring countries are all beautiful people. BiBi Rose. “Gramma” Rose graciously and carefully makes my bed to her standard, rolls back the mosquito … Continue reading
A Season of Change
This breezy Wisconsin morning I heard, “This wind is bringing a season of change”. It was referencing the earth’s tilt, the arriving shorter hours of daylight and this wind that messages to wildlife to start their preparation for the next … Continue reading
A Mother’s Choice
A couple weeks ago I read a true story and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. To live in a land where the leader declares all baby boys from your culture and race should be drowned. I … Continue reading
“Maamigin – Gathering”
People gathering together to grow in our faith in Jesus The Gathering exists for the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe community. Lac du Flambeau has a beautiful blend of Native people representing a number of tribes and cultural ‘blends’. Many grew … Continue reading
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A New Season
These spring buds are from the spring of last year as this year’s spring hasn’t fully sprung but it’s showing signs that it is coming! We are coming out of the weirdest winter I have experienced through the many winters … Continue reading
The Sandy Challenge
Defined: To jump right in, specifically referring to jumping in to ice cold oceans, Great lakes and little lakes and ice-cold pools. Like Sandy does. May I introduce… Sandy. My high school classmate that allowed me to see what it’s … Continue reading
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I Met a Nurse Today
The setting was not a traditional medical environment full of sterile floors and the usual sanitized scents and smells. This nurse was serving her patient in a home with carpet, homemade quilts, photos of family and familiar, healing scents of … Continue reading
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Write In
We all have a story. My greatest privilege is to sit across from someone and hear their story. Whether they are sitting across from me in my office or across a table of pizza sitting at a cute Italian pizza … Continue reading
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Springtime Memory
The smell and sounds of melting snow. It opens my mind and heart to thoughts of new life and new beginnings.The beauty and view of deep white piles of snow will soon melt replaced by images of grass and flowers … Continue reading
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For Such a Time As This 