Month: May 2018

Learning How to Age Faith Matters Post: image of elderly woman's hands with Bible.
Life

Learning How to Age from Visits to an Old Lady

Mrs. Burdette, the lady who had been old since I was a little girl, was a bit like a grandmother. We met her at our church where she “adopted” us. She had no grandchildren and only two grown children—a son who visited infrequently and a daughter with Downs Syndrome who lived in a group home.

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Praying for pets: Image of Trinity, the Peruvian puppy.
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Praying for Pets (aka The Time I Said a Sassy Prayer)

Our middle child has had a busy year. Last May she graduated college. In the fall, she backpacked through Europe—sightseeing by day, couch-surfing by night. At the beginning of this year, she and a college friend flew to Peru to teach English for a few months at a small school in the mountain town of Huyancao.

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Stepping Out of the Shadows: Photo of backlit roses taken by Katie Long.
Family

Stepping Out of the Shadows–A Mother’s Day Gift for Everyone

“Hi, my name is Katie, and I am a crier.  I’ve been a crier for a long time.” I cry about everything. Hallmark commercials (most commercials). Children’s books. While at the grocery store and on the sidelines of a parade. And while the majority of the world somehow has their act together enough to keep

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A heart, a cross, and a key: Image of a purity ring with a heart, cross, and key.
Family

A Heart, a Cross, and a Key (The First Ever “Faith Matters” Post)

When I gassed up in Summersville, West Virginia the cashier let me mix bold roast coffee with flavored cappuccino for no extra charge, but he wouldn’t look me in the eye. I squinted at him. Look at me. Nothing.  I dropped my dollar five on the counter. “Can I ask you a weird question?” He winced. “Weird?” “Have

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