The Seasoning of Re-membering

Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts? ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember? ~ Mark 8:17-18 At the moment, I’m obsessed with…

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False Memories

A few years ago I had a conversation about false memories with a couple of young mom friends. They had been fretting over the fact that neither one of them were the type of mom to sit on the floor and play with their kids for hours. Being the older, wiser mom of the bunch…

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Whosoever

  I remember Mrs. Mac. She was like a third grandmother to me. She reminded me of a scarecrow topped with steel wool. If she didn’t sleep with her hair wound around prickly curlers, it resembled a stainless steel scrubbing pad. Her eyes were the color of dried cornflowers on the roadside, with a gray-brown…

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