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“Giving” Lessons
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sbrown
The towel had frayed edges and a splotch of lasagna on one corner, but it changed my outlook – and my closets — forever. It was my turn that day to deliver donations to Unity House –apartments housing women who had recently come through drug detox. Most were setting up housekeeping from scratch and lacked…
Trust Me and Swallow
By
sbrown
Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. Job 13:15 “This stuff is nasty,” my daughter Becky groaned. “Do I have to take it?” “Trust me and swallow,” I replied as I maneuvered the spoonful of medicine into her mouth. Her face contorted into grimaces horrible to behold as the bitterness hit her…
I Never Danced in a Nightclub — Honest!
By
sbrown
“What’s the matter?” Paul asked. I stared somberly at the phone I had just replaced in its cradle. “Gossip again,” I replied. “Mrs. Feldon is back at her old habit of spreading stories. This time its about me.” “I’ll talk to her,” he said. “Don’t worry about it. Everyone knows that she’s a little odd.…
The Dead Collection
By
sbrown
We walked along our country road on a long-ago fall day. My husband Paul and I chatted and five-year-old Peter scuffled along in the leaves behind us. Out of the corner of my eye I saw that he was twirling something. “What is that – a rope?” I asked. He stopped twirling it and held…
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