Tag: childhood
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Grocery Stores and Dirty Floors
Dear Kori Jane, In the two years between Daddy and I’s wedding day and you crashing our party, I used to love going to the grocery store. Perhaps because I’d lived with my own mom right up until that very moment, so the thrill of being in charge of filling a refrigerator and pantry with…
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Sycamore Trees
Dear Hallie, I feel sorry for everyone who has never discovered the intense magic and utter delight of a soak in a hot bath. There is nothing for me this side of heaven that quite compares to the sensation that spreads as I sink down and let the water engulf me. And then even after…
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Junior Year
Dear Kori Jane, You are 16. A high school junior. In fact, you have just started the second semester of your junior year. We were warned that junior year would be brutal, and that right about now you would be ready to throw in the towel. You are no doubt just as sleep deprived, over…