Category Archives: Flash memoir

A Taste of Paradise

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

 This week, I stumbled upon a documentary on Prime called Three Identical Strangers about male triplets separated at birth by adoption. Turns out they were unknowingly part of a psychological study and purposely placed in homes at three different levels … Continue reading →

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Our Eyes Are On You

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Funny how books, sermons, and personal stories come into your life at just the right moment. Just in the nick of time! Just when God knows you need it! **************************************************************************************** How often I submit to my fears instead of submitting … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness and Freedom

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

Are you more like a Judge Judy or Mother Teresa? I confess, when I used to visit my brother at his rest home, Judge Judy was often on TV, and I was always tempted to sit down and watch the … Continue reading →

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Christmas Should be Published

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

I just learned that my husband tested positive for Covid 19 which means Christmas as planned is cancelled, and my calendar for two weeks wiped clean. So far so good. He is fully vaccinated and boosted with no dire symptoms … Continue reading →

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My Hallelujah Chorus

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

Does it matter if you take your kids to church? Even if they hate it and fuss? Even if as teens or young adults they dismiss the Gospel? Take heart! Here’s a small part of my salvation story. **************************************************************************** My … Continue reading →

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The Craft of Hope

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

A few days before Thanksgiving, I woke up forming a mental list of the things I needed to accomplish before hosting the holiday feast.  Bake a pumpkin dessert Make fresh cranberry relish Press the tablecloth Craft a centerpiece Then I … Continue reading →

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Be Real, Be Loved, and Belong

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

It seems appropriate that my brother passed away only days before Halloween. As a child, he loved to dress up as someone else, and as an adult, he always hid who he really was, saying what he thought you wanted … Continue reading →

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The Power of Knowing Your Name

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

What if you didn’t know your name? Your first name? Your last name? Not just the name, but everything behind your name? What if you didn’t know who your people were and what they were like? Where they were from? … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet

Posted on September 22, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

All summer the West burned, the South succumbed to hurricanes and Covid, and the East Coast sobbed with rain and flash floods, as if nature itself was manifesting all the emotions whirling through me after my brother was diagnosed with … Continue reading →

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Spinning Fact into Fiction

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Ann C. Averill

********************************************************************************* Where do stories come from? What mysterious alchemy stirs fact into fiction? This week I’d like to talk about the writing process that led me to write a children’s story in the folktale tradition, so you can see concrete … Continue reading →

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