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    Lent- Day 36: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?

    My palms from Sunday, twisted into a cross. Please note, I have no idea how to do this and just kept bending until I got this.   On Sunday at church, we…

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    Lent- Day 29: 13 Reasons Why.

    (Image Source: Salon/Netflix/Beth Dubber)   Apologies for having no “Day 28”. I spent most of Saturday binging Netflix’s powerful “13 Reasons Why”. It left me… not just speechless but wordless, to the…

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    Lent- Day 16: Heaven is a place on Earth.

    Kelly, played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, left, and Yorkie, played by Mackenzie Davis, in “San Junipero”, episode 4, season 3 of “Black Mirror”.( Image Source: Nerdist)   I cried when I watched the…

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    Lent- Day 10: Happily Never After?

    Chidi (William Jackson Harper) and Elanor (Kristen Bell), “soulmates” in NBC’s The Good Place (Image Source: Vulture)   Alright, after yesterday’s start in the 1990s before heading back to the 1690s, it’s time we…

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        On the April 12th, I underwent the first round of chemotherapy for the stem cell transplant at Northwestern. I was given a rather large, private room, complete with a spectacular…

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    Congratulations, Aja & Paul!

        Congratulations to my wonderful friends Aja and Paul Thorburn on the birth of baby number three, Isaac, who was born yesterday morning and weighed in at eight pounds, four ounces.…

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    She’s still dying on Facebook.

    Joscelyne’s Facebook profile.     Yesterday morning, I nearly choked on my coffee. The near-choke came while reading “She’s Still Dying on Facebook” at The Atlantic by Julie Binton. The story recounts the…

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    Sex and shame.

    (Source)     I read a good post at Today’s Christian Woman that I wanted to share, because quite frankly, I can relate. I’ve had a few conversations with my married Christian…

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    Love, Peanuts style.

        From Maria Popova at Brain Pickings, this adorably sweet post chock full of Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang:     The Peanuts series by Charles M. Schulz endures as…

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    Speaking of Aja…

    Aren’t they the cutest? Lily-Grace and Theo, musicians already!     … check out her Baby Love feature at Leila’s Baby & Blog!   Introduce yourself. A: Hello! My name is Aja…