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SS Turner: The Truth About Living in Rural Australia

After spending most of our respective adult lives’ travelling the world, my wife and I moved to a small rural community in the Sunshine...

Peter Marlton: The Power of Love

I’ve been a public defender in Seattle for twenty-two years, tried many adult and juvenile cases, and negotiated plea agreements more...

Steven Manchester: The Spirit of Santa Claus

A few years back, my son Jacob returned home heart-broken from school. “What’s wrong?” I asked him. “Some kids at school were laughing at...

Cara Sue Achterberg: Writing Therapy

Recently I spent some time with a young moms’ group. As I talked, toddlers swirled around us, and a few moms nursed babies. I’d had the...

Marcia Gloster: Not Quite Benign

It seems simplistic in light of what has been transpiring since last fall (Harvey Weinstein et al, #metoo #timesup etc.), but a couple of...

Marcia Gloster: My Muse, My Love

Love passed, the muse appeared, the weather of mind got clarity newfound; now free, I once more weave together emotion, thought and magic...

Marcia Gloster: I Refuse to Become My Mother

It’s pretty common wisdom that the way we parent is significantly influenced by the way we, in turn, were parented as children. That...

Susan Petrone: When Our Mothers Die, We Become Unmoored

When our mothers die we come unmoored. There is no one to call on a Wednesday night to ask how you can tell if frozen food is still good;...

Molly D. Campbell: As Parenting Mistakes Unfold

We do the best we can as parents. After all, there is no instruction manual. No required classes to take. No certification. People just...

KJ Steele: The One Hundred Percent Fallacy

You hear it all the time. Marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition. You have to give your one hundred percent. The math in this statement...

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