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Unemployment’s riches
Eleven years ago my husband lost his job. He didn’t have full time employment for a year. As a retired sailor, he did have income and our family didn’t worry about starving. But I immediately went into...
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Making a Difference: The Power of Observation
My father was a harrum scarrum young man in the 1940′s. The eldest child in a family of four with a dad who often wandered off, he was raised in a poor family supported by my grandmother’s job in the...
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When a Writer Buys a House
What happens when a writer buys a house? Is it any different from a “normal” person buying a house? It sort of depends on what you define as normal–and whether or not that writer is married to a normal...
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What Belongs in a Modern Hope Chest?
The concept of a modern hope chest came to us about 20 years ago. You know what a hope chest is, don’t you? Here’s a definition: A hope chest, also called dowry chest, cedar chest or glory box is a...
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Why Go Home for Thanksgiving?
Several weeks before Thanksgiving many years ago, the clouds threatened snow in Connecticut. It was a Saturday and my submariner had been out to sea way too long. He wouldn’t be coming home for awhile....
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Sunbonnets: Business or Charity?
One of the themes I examined in The Sunbonnet Bride was the difference between running a business or a charity. It’s a concept Sally struggles with when a local calamity runs into her dreams and...
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How to Support a Missionary
Are there ways to support a missionary beyond sending money? I’ve been reading about missionaries quite a bit the last several years. Certainly, we donate to missionaries. But recently, I realized we...
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