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Current ArticlesThis feed's current articles are shown below. Subscribe for updates to all the content available in this feed, or click through here to see the original article.  When I was home last month visiting my mom and the rest of my family, I went through a bunch of old photographs and came across this one of my four brothers and me. I’m the oldest of the five of us. In this photo, I’m guessing I was about 20. (The haircut is the giveaway—and so is the skirt.) My youngest brother, Zane, the little guy in... Read the whole entry... »
 The plane backed away from the gate, rolled for a bit, and then stopped. A few minutes later, the pilot came on the intercom and said there was a problem with one of the engines. They were trying to locate a part so it could be repaired. I leaned my head back and took a nap. An hour later, I woke up, and we were still in exactly the same place.... Read the whole entry... »
The leaving. It asks more of me now- this goodbye pierced heavier, and deeper. This time, something happened that caught me off guard. I cried uncontrollably at the airport. I remembered the first time I left home for France. I cried so hard I could barely board the plane. Once I was in my seat, before takeoff, a flight attendant came over... Read the whole entry... »
In the wooden pews
In the candlelight.
In the slow ribbon of incense rising
Faces I have loved since childhood.
Hands reaching.
Nods across the aisle. A sacred silence. Every word finding its place. Felt the presence of those who knelt here years ago.
Grandparents.
Aunts.
Uncles.
Cousins.
Neighbors.
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 My mother has always been a baker. There were pies cooling on the counter, cakes with candles, popcorn balls wrapped for little hands, and cookies— The recipe begins the way it always has. Two cups of flour, sifted. Nothing rushed, nothing guessed. She reaches for the same bowl, the same measuring cups she has had for as long as I... Read the whole entry... »
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