Chronicles of Hope
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The Slow Work of God (opens the original)
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The day I learned I was pregnant, I called my OB and made an appointment, scheduling an ultrasound at six weeks. Here is the first picture of my baby ever taken:<img alt=
It Happened—Finally, Finally, Finally (opens the original)
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Emily Dickinson once wrote, “To live is so startling, it leaves but little room for other occupations.”This sentiment sums up my life since I last sent you one of my Saturday morning stories (an embarrassingly long time ago).A series of startling things have happened.And I want to tell you about the best one._____Last September, out of the blue, I started napping.This isn’t the big, startling thing. But it is mildly startling because for most of my life, I’ve never
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