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Soar On My Sweet Son

A balloon flew out of my car trunk today Just took flight soaring away Watching...

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Soar On My Sweet Son

Kathie Kelly /Articles
August 23rd, 2023
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Autumn Memories

My son and I always enjoyed the autumn season. Yes, when we lived in the...

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Autumn Memories

Annette Mennen Baldwin /Articles
August 23rd, 2023
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Fireworks are like the Love in Our Hearts

July brings Central Oregonians lingering blue skies, lazy afternoons and the Fourth of July celebration,...

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Fireworks are like the Love in Our Hearts

Jane Oja /Articles
July 4th, 2023
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Summer Delight

Where is the child who skipped through the sprays of summer rain and laughed his...

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Summer Delight

Fay Harden /Articles
June 26th, 2023
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Summer

Summer in Michigan can warm the heart and heat the body. There are soft silky...

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Summer

Pat O'Donnell /Articles
June 23rd, 2023
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Some Days are Just Hard

Losing a child is indescribably painful. As any bereaved parent will tell you, the death...

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Some Days are Just Hard

Robin Gaphni /Articles
May 10th, 2023
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In This Place

  Brave hearts, you are here. You have traveled a dreadful distance. You have come,...

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In This Place

Genesse Gentry /Articles, Conferences
April 15th, 2023
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Buried Heart

My heart stopped the day you died I put it away in a heavy, metal...

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Buried Heart

Karen Howe /Articles
March 13th, 2023
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Finding Hope After the Death of a Child

In 2007 my elder daughter, the single mother of fraternal twins, died from injuries she...

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Finding Hope After the Death of a Child

Harriet Hodgson /Articles
March 13th, 2023
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Love Never Goes Away

"Why does it hurt so much? Why is this grief so incapacitating? If only the...

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Love Never Goes Away

Darcie Sims /Articles
February 10th, 2023
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Missing Our Valentine

Valentine’s Day is a day for love, and a day to celebrate with those you...

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Missing Our Valentine

Sandy Fox /Articles
February 8th, 2023

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