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  • Even If

    Even If

    Feb 1, 2025 “Did you realize you’ve said something multiple times this morning while we’ve been having coffee?” she asked me as she touched my arm. “You’ve told…

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  • Keeping Vigil

    Keeping Vigil

    Tuesday Feb 25, 2025 vig·il/ˈvijəl/nouna period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray. –keep Pandora on Tennessee Ernie Ford Hymns’…

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  • Dad’s Obituary (a joint effort by us kids)

    Dad’s Obituary (a joint effort by us kids)

    After a year of defiantly living, beating all odds against him, Jack Vandermay went to his eternal home with Jesus and joined the best and biggest family reunion…

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  • Jack.

    Jack.

    March 3, 2025 When I think of my Dad, I think of stories. There’s the book kind, like The Night Before Christmas he read aloud to us each…

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  • The Dark.

    The Dark.

    April 2, 2021 For Good Friday and Holy Week. The dark. I was afraid of the dark. When I was little, the dark terrified me. My Mom was…

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  • A Naked Party

    A Naked Party

    February 9, 2011 at 11:01pm A few years ago, I was in Colorado Challenge with some amazing young women from our youth group.  One night, after a particulary…

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