We practice Santa Claus in our home as in he comes on Christmas Eve and leaves some of the presents that my kids asked for in a letter. He flies to our home like he flew to our childhood homes and our parents’ homes and our grandparents’ homes every Christmas Eve. We see it as [...]
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Last week, Texas ended last meal requests for death row inmates. Texas decided to stop the practice not for the cost but because they “are moving away from the concept.” (source) The change is spearheaded by Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee Chairman John Whitmire (D) who wrote in his letter to the head of the [...]
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I thought my title could read “Who Is Troy Davis?” while I watched hope interrupt Troy’s execution. But the hope only lasted 4 hours. A man named Troy Davis was executed on Wednesday, September 22, 2011 at 11:08 p.m. in Georgia. He has been on death row for 22 years for shooting and killing a [...]
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When I took these pictures, I couldn’t help but think of that old story, Footprints in the Sand. As I remember it: A man dies and as he’s looking back over his life with his pal, God, he sees two sets of footprints. He asks who the second set of footprints belong to and God [...]
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I’ve thought a lot about how to teach my children about God. I have a strong faith. I pray every single day. I talk to God. I listen for God. I long for a closer relationship with God. But we stopped attending church this summer. When walking the line of monotheism, rainbow flags in our [...]
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We might not all be Christians (yet! haha. {sigh}), but I think that Lent has a universal appeal. The lapsed Catholics, the bored Jews and the even the atheist has a place in their heart for Lent. Is it because we are all so self-sacrificing? Because we are so motivated to better ourselves? It’s mostly [...]
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E seems to have left his manners at school. He’s a yelling, screaming banshee. I spend every breath redirecting him from eatingplaydough wakinguphissister hipcheckingthedog. And then he hits me. Me: E, apologize to Mama for hitting her. (talking in a third person makes me sound more imposing.) E: I can’t. Me: Why? (Don’t scold me [...]
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I have wanted to post on the recent suicides of five teenagers. Who were gay. And teased. Tormented. Bullied. Billy Lucas (15 years old), Tyler Clementi (18 years old), Asher Brown (13 years old), Seth Walsh (13 years old), and Raymond Chase (19 years old). But I have been struggling with how. I was bullied [...]
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