Author Archives: Ann C. Averill

The Eye of the Storm

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

My core identity and worth had nothing to do with where I came from, what I had, or what I achieved. Continue reading →

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The Incubator

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

I didn’t understand that unplugging the incubator meant there would be no chicks for Easter. Continue reading →

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The Taste of Kindness

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

It’s Random Acts of Kindness Week, so here’s what God’s kindness looked like to a third grader on a snowy February day in 1960. ****************************************************************************** Some Sundays after church we drive forty-five minutes to have dinner with the Swensons at … Continue reading →

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Don’t Compete Complete

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

Last February I joined an online writers group called Hope*writers. Immediately, I began listening to their interviews with publishing professionals and reading through their library on the craft of writing, and the business of publishing and marketing. Drinking from this … Continue reading →

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My Friend Gloria

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

In a world full of disease and corruption, some people shine like stars. You just know you can count on them, and what they say is the truth, THE TRUTH. ************************************************************************************** I’d like to introduce you to Gloria. To see … Continue reading →

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Share Don’t Compare

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

This week I’ve been consumed with writing my first guest post, so I figured I wouldn’t have time to write anything new here. But during my composition, my mind settled on Proverbs 13:12, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but … Continue reading →

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Never Satisfied

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

Linda Leary is my new best friend in third-grade. She has a dark chocolate ponytail. Mine is the same color as Sampson, my orange tabby. We share the same bus stop and every morning ride to school in the same … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Memoir

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

As actors in our own lives, we are seldom aware of an event’s meaning or impact at the time it occurs. Continue reading →

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Shame Free and Brand New

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

After a year full of fear, sickness, grief, and lies, I want to wish you, dear readers, a very happy, New Year full of God’s truth, the truth that Jesus says sets us free in John 8:32. The truth that … Continue reading →

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First Contact

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Ann C. Averill

Is there a God? Can you talk to him? Does he answer? As a fifth grader I wasn’t sure.  This is the story of my first earnest attempt to find out—on a Christmas Eve without snow. *******************************************************************   Upstate New … Continue reading →

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