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Throwback Thursday: Zoe 101: Lessons From My Daughter
Note from Li: This post was first published on my old blog, Far Above Rubies, on March 6, 2012. I’m republishing it today, with an update: Matt is now an awesome dad…
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Flashback Friday: When Grace Kelly stormed out of the Stork Club after they refused to serve Josephine Baker.
Grace Kelly and Josephine Baker, circa 1951. (Image sources here and here) In October 1951, Grace Kelly, just beginning to make a name for herself, decided to have a night out on…
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Lent- Day 36: Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?
My palms from Sunday, twisted into a cross. Please note, I have no idea how to do this and just kept bending until I got this. On Sunday at church, we…
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Lent- Day 29: 13 Reasons Why.
(Image Source: Salon/Netflix/Beth Dubber) Apologies for having no “Day 28”. I spent most of Saturday binging Netflix’s powerful “13 Reasons Why”. It left me… not just speechless but wordless, to the…
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Lent- Day 16: Heaven is a place on Earth.
Kelly, played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw, left, and Yorkie, played by Mackenzie Davis, in “San Junipero”, episode 4, season 3 of “Black Mirror”.( Image Source: Nerdist) I cried when I watched the…
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Lent- Day 10: Happily Never After?
Chidi (William Jackson Harper) and Elanor (Kristen Bell), “soulmates” in NBC’s The Good Place (Image Source: Vulture) Alright, after yesterday’s start in the 1990s before heading back to the 1690s, it’s time we…
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Baby, I’m just soggy from the chemo.
On the April 12th, I underwent the first round of chemotherapy for the stem cell transplant at Northwestern. I was given a rather large, private room, complete with a spectacular…
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Congratulations, Aja & Paul!
Congratulations to my wonderful friends Aja and Paul Thorburn on the birth of baby number three, Isaac, who was born yesterday morning and weighed in at eight pounds, four ounces.…
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She’s still dying on Facebook.
Joscelyne’s Facebook profile. Yesterday morning, I nearly choked on my coffee. The near-choke came while reading “She’s Still Dying on Facebook” at The Atlantic by Julie Binton. The story recounts the…
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Sex and shame.
(Source) I read a good post at Today’s Christian Woman that I wanted to share, because quite frankly, I can relate. I’ve had a few conversations with my married Christian…
