Category: family
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May I Put My Positive Spin on Christian Privilege?
I want to discuss a privilege I don’t consider political — because it is available to everyone who wants it. I want to help you want it so you can experience it too.
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Big Hearts, Small Kindnesses Make Me Thankful This Thanksgiving
Inspired by the moments my friend used to express love and gratefulness before he died, I wanted to thank those who have touched my life.
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‘How Can You Suggest Your Brother Went to Heaven?’ He Asked
What if you come to the realization that Jesus is the Son of God who came to take away your sins, moments before you die? What then? That’s what he asked me.
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So You Want to Reconcile With Someone You Once Loved?
Five years ago, I gave a speech that reveals how my decision to do the right thing led to reconciliation with my brother Scott.
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Side Effect of Salvation: I Have Comfort in His Loss
Scott was small in stature but larger than life. He had a big personality. Big problems — usually self-created. But he was and is my brother.
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My Brother’s Guilty Pleasure Made Me the Guilty One
I left the M&Ms where he couldn’t reach them. I never thought that 1) he would reach them and 2) he would disregard doctor’s orders.
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I Shot a Selfie with My Sick Brother
These past two months, my brother’s death expectancy has been greater than his life expectancy.
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Shades of Death: When You Lose a Loved One to Alzheimer’s Disease
When you lose someone by Alzheimer’s, you lose her progressively. Both you and the one you love experience shades of death.
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Home is where my sister is
Some people talk behind other people’s backs. I merely write behind their backs… I would prefer to write only about me, but my life is inextricably linked to other people who simply must protrude in my writings. If I could write anonymously, I would. I would even change the names of those involved to protect the […]
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My baby turns 21 today
Parenting is a full-contact sport, a risky business, an often thankless task, and my greatest joy and still-in-progress accomplishment.
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A special moment in the midst of sorrow that made me smile…
In the midst of losing my oldest sister and mourning her too-early passing, I found joy. One special moment, especially, in the midst of my sorrow made me smile.
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3 reasons why I didn’t watch Super Bowl 2017 on Sunday…
Why, you ask? Three reasons: Adam, Ben, and Steve. (Son, son, and husband.)
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As a result of her death, the missing begins
She will miss wrinkles and arthritis, her daughters marrying, her grandchildren growing, and getting old with her husband. And we will all miss her.
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When you have to say goodbye to your big sister
My oldest sister is dying save a miracle. The doctors declared her “terminal.” Her organs are shutting down. She has no hope for recovery.
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A matter of perspective…
I couldn’t help but feel sorry with him for the years he had wasted. And recognize my own years wasted on insecurities, when I might have simply chosen a different frame.
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He is my brother still…
I was content with an “out of sight, out of mind” relationship with my brother — until he broke his neck.
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When we fail to use the tools we have…
“Desperate times call for desperate measures”? Why not avoid desperate times by using the tools you have now?
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The goal of parenting…
I hadn’t realized until it happened that having one of my children host the holiday meal was a goal of parenting.
All Things Work Together 