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Chaos at El Marvin
{I have not yet cracked the code on how to teach school and write at the same time. So here’s a story from the archives.} In March, 2024, we went on a girls trip. The trip included Shari, Shana, Judy, Juli, Rebekah, Liam, age 1, Nikki, 10 months, and myself. Six girls alone are not generally…
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Get Well Soon
Many different types of people may darken a sick person’s door. I’ve yet to meet someone with the same personality for both a regular day and visiting a loved one in the hospital. Something lurks in the sterile, fluorescent air that intensifies certain character traits and dims others. Below are just a few of the common…
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The Martins
“Dave! Dave, get back here!” Anna Martin ordered from the door of the family’s home. “I told you, you can’t go to work with your father.” Dave sighed and turned around. “But it’s so much more fun than shopping with you.” The Martins’ life had changed a lot recently. Dave was still young and it…
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Cora’s Construction Career
Cora was recruited to help her father and brother on the construction crew. I present to you her fresh perspective on the building of a pole-barn. Five-thirty A.M., the alarm blares, jolting Cora out of dreamland. She groans and reaches over to shut off the obnoxious beeping. Her arm thumps around the night stand, knocking…
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Skiing Adventures
(Occasionally someone will tell me about an eventful day they’ve had and say, “You should have been there so you could write about it.” In this case it was my sisters, Shana and Bekah, telling me so I consented. It’s rather nice to be able to write about something without having to go through the…
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