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Sep 4

She Calls Me "DD"

By Debra Dolan — I find myself in a whole new world, awakening to what really matters—supporting children and families in our society.

Aug 17

Helping Hand

By Michele Sorensen — In these days and times, with so much sadness and fear going around, I like to take a few minutes every day

Jun 19

The Patrick Hutchinson Photo

By Carol Keegan — Who are you, Patrick Hutchinson? How did your personal code of morality become so richly complex?

Jun 8

Grateful in the Time of COVID

By Linda McCauley Freeman — I am grateful for the pause, the time we have asked for all our adult lives for nowhere to

May 16

A Tchaikovsky Waltz Calling Me

By Yash Seyedbagheri — I am grateful for the stillness of evening, when lights snake through the pines and over

May 13

Night

By Elizabeth Craig-Olins — Canada is a small place for me. It’s not the vast country that hovers north of the entire

Apr 30

Shoebox

By Abrielle — I was only a few days old when I was found on the front steps of a busy building in Yongzhou

Apr 22

Idioms of Time

By Kathy Washburn — I am grateful for a new relationship with time. For the first time in my adult life, I do not feel as

Apr 17

Swaddling Love

By Claudia Ricci, Ph.D. — I am grateful today for this poem, which is kind of an experiment. You might call it

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