Oh how I’d hoped to give you a hug this side of Heaven.
But you touched my life from afar. Just like you did the lives of so many others.
My Cousin JenJen
Dear JenJen, I still remember sitting there beside your mom, in a back pew of the church. She was wearing…
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Dear Grama
Dear Grama, It was from you I inherited my love of the written word. Some of my earliest memories of…
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Dear Papa
Dear Papa, I knew something was wrong that morning. I woke up at your house and you weren’t sitting there…
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Dear Grandpa
Dear Grandpa, There are two smells that are forever intertwined with my memories of you: fiberglass and butterscotch. You never…
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Dear Grandma
Dear Grandma, Every spring a few weeks before your birthday, your wooded lawn starts filling with little blossoms we’ve always…
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to my firstborn
Dear Ruth Ann, You are my eldest, my artist, the one who keeps me on task but forgets to stay…
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My Mary Kate
Dear Mary Kate, There’s no way to put into words the giggle in your voice, the lilt in the way…
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imaginary world
Dear Ruth, You visit an imaginary world each night in your dreams. One where Aslan is both King and Friend,…
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To the God Who Knows
Dear Father, You know this weekend is the one our calendars call Mother’s Day. And you know the mixed emotions…
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the big little farmer
Dear Son, You’re two years old and getting so big as you remind us so often. Everything is big to…
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Dear Son
Dear Son, When I found out I was expecting you, I secretly hoped you would be a boy. Your daddy…
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