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Suburban Shalom

seeking peace and purpose from my little neck of the suburbs

Fearing the worst

This is a story about a lizard.  Yesterday afternoon I dropped my 7th Grader off at her piano lesson at the local music academy. Less than five minutes later, as I was pulling out onto the busy parkway, my phone rang and I answered to hear her saying in an urgent, hushed tone:  Her: … [Read more...]

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Confessions from the crawl space

Many times when I sit down to write I do so from a devotional angle. But I come here today in a confessional mode. I don’t aim to instruct or inspire; I’m just here to admit I am carrying some anger, and I want to vent it and redirect it with a story I can look back on and laugh about one day. … [Read more...]

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Merry Christmas

I haven’t written much these past several months. And while I miss writing and connecting with those of you kind enough to read my musings, I think it has been a good and necessary break from the noise of my own thoughts and expectations. We’re still navigating change and trying to find our footing, … [Read more...]

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Let there be light

The lights in our house are driving me crazy. Some fixtures will work one day, quit working the next day, and then start working again out of nowhere. This week there’s no rhyme or reason as to why two out of three lights in our bathroom vanity fixture have gone out. I’ve tried new bulbs, different … [Read more...]

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