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She Planned Everyone’s’ Birthday — Hers Was Forgotten
A Husband’s Birthday Wish: Drink Away, Dear Loneliness does not suddenly arrive in old age. For many people, it begins much earlier—quietly, invisibly, and often wrapped in moments that are supposed to feel joyful. Birthdays are one of those moments. They are markers...
Why This 180-Year-Old Thanksgiving Story Still Rings True
Found in An Old Book Since it is Thanksgiving, my thoughts return naturally to the early Pilgrims—those weary but hopeful travelers who paused amid hunger, grief, and uncertainty to give thanks to God for a hard-won harvest. They tilled the soil with trembling hands,...
How Much Good Can Come From a Mother’s Tears?
Bob Dylan Keeps Us Knockin’ Years ago, a woman named Monica pleaded with a bishop, Ambrose, for some answers about her wayward son Augustine. He replied, “It is impossible that the son of so many tears should perish.” I think of this story whenever I hear Bob Dylan's...
Chainsaws and Paintbrushes: Two Women Who Refused to Quit
Finding Strength in the Struggle It’s a curious mix, isn’t it—compassion and admiration? We often feel sympathy for someone we see struggling yet we admire them at the same time. Have you ever felt that way? Recently I came across the story of a woman, age 74, who...