Help for Sandy Hook

by Heather on December 19, 2012

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The lives lost at Sandy Hook are weighing heavily on my heart, just as they are the nation’s collective conscience. I want to lighten the burden of the families who must move on, who must somehow accept that their child/brother/sister/friend will not be there for this Christmas or any other. These families need time, precious [...]

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I hate running … but I love it – Part Deux

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Part Two So, let’s see … where did I leave off? To sum up from Part One: I spent most of my life utterly despising Running. After playing on an intramural soccer team, I realized that running around could actually be kind of fun I trained for and ran a half-marathon Toward the end of [...]

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Light in the darkness

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How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world. ~William Shakespeare   Yesterday, an unspeakable darkness descended onto Newton, CT. I cannot fathom the evil that occurred. I can only pray fervently for God to wrap these families up in His comfort and His peace. May we [...]

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I hate running . . . but I love it

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A Tale in Two Parts Part 1 Running and I have a complicated relationship. It all started in my college phys ed class when I was faced with the dreaded task of running three miles WITHOUT STOPPING at the end of term. To me that was equivalent to climbing Everest or swimming through shark infested [...]

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I’m getting quite talented at dropping off the radar. Ye olde blog has gotten a bit dusty here, patiently waiting for my return. I just haven’t had anything to write … or at least, that’s what I told myself. There’s another writing project I’ve been working on and I had this utterly twisted notion that [...]

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