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“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.” (James 3:16, NASB) Oftentimes, the story of Leah and Rachel, from the book of Genesis, is regula…| Memos from the Middle
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Father, when I have a choice to honor and obey or take any other path, let my choice always be You. Let my ambition be to delight You. Keep challenging me to choose You, but also keep ordering my s…| Memos from the Middle
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For days, I walked around with that old monster. He clung uncomfortably close, making me remember the weakness, remember the strain. My mind raced, trying to figure out why he was back. What had I …| Memos from the Middle
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“You kept me on read, Mom.” “What?” I was trying to make sense of my daughter’s obvious frustration with me. “What did I do?” “You kept me on read.&#…| Memos from the Middle
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“Your father wants to talk to you,” my grandmother said, handing me the telephone. I knew that this was no mere check-in or “I miss you” call. There would be none of the jok…| Memos from the Middle
Yesterday, my kids sat at the kitchen table chatting and eating their varied takeout orders while I lay in bed playing Mahjong Solitaire on my phone. It had been a while since they were all togethe…| Memos from the Middle
“We’re nearing the end of the timeout with 1.6 seconds left in this championship game. Both big men have had huge nights tonight. Walker with his patient, methodical play, and Dunbar with his aggressive, hungry, take-no-prisoners style. It’s been a perfect matchup point for point, play for play. The fans could not have asked for […]| Memos from the Middle
“…it was brought to the two sisters, who did all they possibly could to force their foot into the slipper, but they did not succeed.” (“Cinderella” by Charles Perrault) It has been nine months since I walked away from the principalship, but I still feel like a fish out of water. It must be showing. […]| Memos from the Middle
The incessant drizzle outside confirmed it was a sweatpants kind of day. A familiar anxiety had settled in my spirit overnight, and I considered all the ways I could bow out of life for the day. I stopped my wake-up alarm and crawled back to bed for more sleep, hoping that fatigue produced my ill-feeling […]| Memos from the Middle
I picture it happening like this: “He’s not getting any better,” Mary whispered as Martha’s hands continued to knead the dough. “Grab that pan for me,” Martha re…| Memos from the Middle
I had a difficult time writing this fourth post about Biblical sisters. For each of the previous sisters I wrote about, the focus was clear, but Merab and Michal did not interact with one another, …| Memos from the Middle
The photo albums from my teenaged years are fat with smiling faces of skinny brown girls. I remember the timidity of forced poses for mothers and aunties who wanted to capture the youthful nonchala…| Memos from the Middle
Do you know the daughters of Zelophehad? They get significant biblical airtime in the Old Testament. They are mentioned in three separate books (i.e., Numbers, 1 Chronicles, and Joshua). They have …| Memos from the Middle
“Was I a weird kid?” My mom giggled a little before she responded. “No. You were just a bookworm and quiet.” I’d remembered that about me, too, and how uneasy it made …| Memos from the Middle
I was tired of thinking about my breasts. I’d searched internet photos of mammograms and googled terms like “indeterminate hypoechoic mass,” hoping somehow that my reading skills …| Memos from the Middle
