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The Egg
My grandparents’ house was an oven of retained heat from the earlier sunny afternoon. Both aging into their eighties, the house and my grandparents soaked up the heat into their brittle bones to warm their thinning skin and frailer bodies. In consideration to my six month old son and I, a window unit air conditioner…
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Seeing in the Dark
“Instead I have learned things in the dark that I could have never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much as I need light.” Barbara Brown Taylor “Protect me from evil spirits that…
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Paxton Saint
It was a fluke. Simply bad luck that our baby girl had T18 that was not likely to repeat itself. Our doctors and genetic counselors gently encouraged us to try again if we still felt our family was incomplete with one child. Graham and I had many discussions and often changed our minds. Hope was…
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Sarah Nolan
Walking into the clinic in Boulder, there was a barrier between the front door and the street. Regardless, I had seen the group of protestors outside as we parked. As we got closer, I could hear them chanting “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee”. I knew their intention was for me…
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Almost Heaven
Growing up, my lullabies were different than the standard fare. I did not have nightmares about my cradle falling out of a tree. Instead, my mom sang me the dulcet melodies of the Muppets favorite singer/songwriter John Denver. I know every word of Annie’s Song and would drive down dusty Michigan roads screaming “country roads,…
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