Category: Relationships
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What Knits Us Together
Lasagnas and other lifelines Sometimes I want to write to you, The People, and I don’t know exactly what to say but I can start with the rich green of the trees in May in Boston or the stacks of boxes and chaos in my apartment the week before we move to our new place.…
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Your Life Will Count For Plenty
“Do you want to stand out? Then step down. Be a servant… if you’re content to simply be yourself, your life will count for plenty.” – The Message This is from a Bible passage1 we discussed at my small group at church last Tuesday, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. It came at…
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‘You’ve Had This Great Love All Along’
& More On Our Wedding Day When I arrived with my bridesmaids one hour before the wedding ceremony, the barn looked even more beautiful than I had expected. Our decorator had done such a good job setting it all up. The tables looked beautiful with white tablecloths, burlap runners with the little baby’s breath bouquets…
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My Long And Short Walk To The Altar
Just before our wedding ceremony last week, there was a kerfuffle up in the bridal suite, in the loft of the barn. Aren’t kerfuffles the most fun moments of family weddings? When we have kerfuffles in my (admittedly large) family, they tend to make us laugh and not stress. My little nephew had been sleeping…
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My Husband’s Surprise Gift
And why it meant so much to me Last Monday evening I knew we had plans, but I didn’t know what the plans were. I thought we were meeting up for drinks with my dear friend in Brooklyn. Raja had surprised me with a two-day trip to New York, and the Monday evening mystery appeared…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…