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shawnmariespry
Jun 23, 20193 min read
Farewell Spring
This may not seem mysterious if you are a botanist or meteorologist, but novice gardener that I am, the science of it is well beyond my pay
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shawnmariespry
Jun 15, 20194 min read
No Exceptions
All human beings—regardless of size, skin color, level of development, race, gender and circumstances of conception—should be valued...
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shawnmariespry
Jun 8, 20198 min read
Neshamela
Twenty-four years ago I held my first newborn baby in my arms...I penned this in a journal that I just found in basement storage...
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shawnmariespry
Jun 1, 20195 min read
In An Instant
We should live open-handed and prepared, with the full realization that we don’t know what’s in store for later today or tomorrow.
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shawnmariespry
May 27, 20195 min read
Precious Treasure
Does anyone write personal letters anymore?
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. ~ Proverbs 13:12
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shawnmariespry
May 19, 20194 min read
Mother Love
Last weekend was such a joy, having all of our kids together for first time in a year! Our daughter Bailey missed her family and so came...
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shawnmariespry
May 11, 20193 min read
Closer Than a Brother
I just discovered I’m a few weeks early, but then I only just guessed there might really be a “Best Friends Day”. So now that you know,...
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shawnmariespry
May 4, 20194 min read
"Disagree better, not less"
Our son recently turned 21. We celebrated his birthday together up north on a beautiful Friday, walking our property, enjoying a good...
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shawnmariespry
Apr 27, 20196 min read
Reflections on "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Fifty-six years ago this month, the great civil rights leader Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., wrote a telling letter from his jail...
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shawnmariespry
Apr 20, 20193 min read
Cleverly Devised Stories
I do not have one of those disturbing photos of myself with the Easter bunny. Thank goodness! Have you seen some of these?!! I actually...
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shawnmariespry
Apr 13, 20194 min read
Inexpressible Joy
Writing this blog is really liberating, no boss to dictate the subject matter, but also daunting—no boss to dictate the subject matter....
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shawnmariespry
Apr 6, 20194 min read
Family Like Syrup
Last weekend was a big one for Michigander Scott Spry, syrup-er extraordinaire. He collected thirty gallons of sap from the sugar maples...
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shawnmariespry
Mar 30, 20192 min read
Eye-Opening
This week, I welcome guest writer Bella Spry, our dear daughter, as she writes a movie review: I first read the book Unplanned a few...
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shawnmariespry
Mar 23, 20194 min read
Humble and Kind
I really struggled this week, putting the right words on the page. I now realize that it wasn’t writer’s block, no constipation here....
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shawnmariespry
Mar 16, 20194 min read
Number Our Days
When I was around four-years old, I was struck by a car in the street in front of my house in Hazel Park, Michigan. It was a warm summer...
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shawnmariespry
Mar 9, 20194 min read
Tenderness Detached = Terror
Have you ever watched CSPAN and cried? I have. Around 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. I didn’t have tissue ready, I wasn’t...
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shawnmariespry
Mar 3, 20192 min read
Life’s Disappointments
First, the good news. We all experience disappointments, so you’re not alone. And, they can be catalysts for positive change. The bad...
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shawnmariespry
Feb 23, 20194 min read
"Nobody wants black babies"
These disgusting words have been uttered to me repeatedly by a man that I meet on a sidewalk. A man of influence. His name is Jacob Kalo....
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shawnmariespry
Feb 7, 20194 min read
Blazing Fire
I was made in early October, more than fifty years ago, during the fall of 1969. It was the age of the sexual revolution and “flower...
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