Memorial Day Tribute
May 24th, 2012
My grandfather served in both World War II and the Korean War. He never talked much about either war. But when I was in college, I wrote to him asking for family stories. I was surprised when he sent a letter that included a couple paragraphs about surviving a typhoon while on a navy ship ...
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We Remember
May 23rd, 2012
Every Memorial Day weekend, I pull out this story that my Grandma wrote in a letter to me while I was in college. I was taking a story telling class at the time and had written my grandparents asking them to send me family stories. This one is a gem, and serves as a reminder ...
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Young Love Letters – part 23
March 10th, 2011
It worked out that I was able to take one week off from camp that summer to attend the national FCM conference which was being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the first time. Ked made the drive up north to pick me up for the week, and my parents would be meeting us at ...
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Young Love Letters – a pause of thanks
February 20th, 2011
I just wanted to pause in the re-telling of the love letters series to say thank you. Thank you for all of the kind comments you have left here and on Facebook. I have been humbled as you have expressed your desires for your own children to have Godly dating relationships and open communication with ...
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Young Love Letters – Part 3
February 13th, 2011
In case you missed the previous installments… Part 1 Part 2 July 19-23, 1993 proved to be an exciting week. My family and four of my friends from our church clown troupe headed to the conference in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Sidenote- one of the four that attended with us was a very sweet guy whom ...
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Young Love Letters – part 2
February 7th, 2011
As I sat down to write my reply, I couldn’t help but reminisce over our families’ lengthy history together. I lived in a small town in Ohio. Kedron lived in an even smaller town in Michigan about four hours away. When I was five years old, my Dad decided to become a magician. He’d had ...
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Young Love Letters – part 1
February 6th, 2011
The weather that early July day the summer I was sixteen was likely sunny and humid as most Ohio July days are. But the weather is a miniscule detail long forgotten. The only thing that mattered that day was the letter. As my Mom slipped the envelope in my hand, the world stood still, as ...
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Beat the Blahs – Day 5
January 27th, 2011
Write a letter Growing up, I had no less than six penpals at a time. My parents attended a yearly Christian conference each summer, and I amassed friends all over the country. We’d dutifully exchange addresses and write letters to stay in touch until the next conference. I still keep in touch with one of ...
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The business of handwriting
April 7th, 2010
I’ve received two hand-written notes in the past week that surprised me. The first came from the tech at my new dentist’s office. She wrote about how nice it was to meet me and how great my smile was and that she hopes the building of our home continues to go smoothly. I also got ...
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Memorial Day Tribute
May 23rd, 2008
Every Memorial Day weekend, I pull out this story that my Grandma wrote to me in a letter while I was in college. I was taking a story telling class and had written my grandparents asking them to send me family stories. This one is a gem, and serves as a reminder that Memorial Day ...