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Painting and Publishing
I did two bold things yesterday. First, I pressed the PUBLISH button on Amazon for my memoir, Unmoored, How an Adoptee Found Her True Identity. TA DA! And two, I finished painting my living room a deep oceanic blue. This … Continue reading →
As an Outsider
More than twenty years ago I was teaching first-generation immigrant students in a public high school. They came from every trouble spot around the globe. They had crossed oceans, continents, deserts, and landed in my ELL classroom. My charge was … Continue reading →
Posted in Flash memoir, Spiritual Growth, Uncategorized
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Tagged #god'sgrace, #identityinchrist
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Where Have I Been? I Finished my Memoir.
Dear readers, Why haven’t I blogged for over a year? First, I broke my wrist. Then my husband was hospitalized with a complicated case of pneumonia. I fell out of the habit of weekly blogging and became distracted by the … Continue reading →
Blog Dump
Writing is a process. Big surprise, living is a process. And trusting God is the mother of all processes. That said, let me tell you what I figured out this week about all of the above. A few weeks ago, … Continue reading →
Posted in Uncategorized
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Tagged #blogging, #identityinchrist, #maraeller, #memoirwriting, #Mollybaskette, #shirleyweyrauch
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Baila Bien
While I was an ELL (English Language Learners) teacher, I signed up for a summer Spanish immersion program in Mexico sponsored by my school district. Not all my students spoke Spanish, but the point of my two-week field trip, which … Continue reading →
Masterpieces
I recently reread Mary Karr’s Liar’s Club, and a few nights ago, finished Annie Dillard’s An American Childhood. Both are memoirs. Both are masterpieces, yet so different in so many ways. Karr’s story is set in the stuffocating heat of … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Review, Spiritual Growth
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Tagged #anamericanchildhood, #christiantestimonies, #identityinchrist, #liarsclub, #tellingyourstory
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