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Joy to the World
As a child, I can remember a few distinct times I felt joy—a sort of elated happiness that bubbles up inside you (my completely inadequate definition). The first time was in second or third grade, while singing Joy to the World beside my father on...
Peace on Earth and Mercy Mild
There’s no place that reveals my sometimes-obsessive need for control more than the passenger’s seat of my car. I don’t remember having anxiety in the passenger seat until after I became a mother. Something clicked in my brain then, and to my husband’s dismay, that...
A Thrill of Hope
Hope is a word we tend to use a lot. I use it a lot. I hope the Ice Cream Barn is offering their chocolate peppermint ice cream today. I hope my editor likes the manuscript I turned in. I hope that medical test comes back negative. I sign my books “With Hope.” My...
An Interview with a Penikese Kid
“I think most kids who came out here probably felt a connection when they heard the story of the leper colony because they were sent here against their will . . . you still felt like an outcast. So I always felt a deep connection with the history of them, especially...
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