HeyJaredEight on the Eights
Author and editor Lindsay Schlegel celebrates all the good bits of connecting online—book recommendations, humor, works in progress in word and fiber, and conversation.
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Plot Twists and a Giveaway (opens the original)
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When John and I were in Pre-Cana, we completed an exercise in which we independently predicted which of us was more likely to do certain things first, and then we compared notes. We both agreed I was more likely to go back to school. It turns out we were right. We weren’t asked which of us was more likely to start a book club or help coach one of our children’s teams, but if we had been, we both would have been wrong.I have book clubs, yes but mine are only a few years in. John has maintained a
Honoring International Overdose Awareness Day (opens the original)
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I’m interrupting regularly scheduled programming here to share an essay I wrote with Keaton Douglas, my co-author on The Road to Hope: Responding to the Crisis of Addiction (affiliate link). August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day. While the topic is one we often talk about in whispers, the reality is that we all know someone who has lost his or her life, someone struggling right now with the scourge of addiction, someone in recovery. These people, these stories, these souls matter.In
We Partied Like It Was 1999 (opens the original)
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We’ve done a lot of celebrating in the last month or so. My husband and I each turn forty this summer, so obviously we had an 80s/90s-themed 80th birthday party in our yard. There were Bagel Bites and Dunkaroos. Someone was spotted spiking a Capri Sun. <img a
God Always Provides and Sometimes That Involves Symphonies (opens the original)
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I am a relatively new Ben Rector fan, having discovered him via a handful of Christmas tunes on the Hallow app a few years ago. I found his other music, shared it with my family, and we all got into it. His recent album, The Richest Man in the World, means that my husband and I don’t really have to write notes in birthday and anniversary cards anymore (we will), because Rector expresses well the gratitude and awe we feel in reflecting on our marriage, our family, our lives.When I heard that Rect
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