Author: Rhonda Schrock

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Aug 22, 2025

Where are your shoes taking you?

She is standing in line just before me. In a small-town post office, the ancient lobby offers a respite from the searing heat. At once, I glance down, and I

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Aug 15, 2025

Finding the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ of your life

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on August 8, 2025. In last week’s essay, I mentioned the Oldsmobile we had when we got married. It was maroon,

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Aug 08, 2025

Marriage is hard, but it can be very good

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on August 1, 2025. It was 40 years ago that we first met. We were both eighteen, fresh graduates with the

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Aug 01, 2025

“Mom, what if he isn’t real?”

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on July 25, 2025. Every once in a while, it happened. As The Cub, youngest in our litter, got ready for

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Jul 25, 2025

Surely the calendar’s wrong

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on July 18, 2025. It’s the upcoming birthday that’s got me thinking. Actually, it’s not so much the fact that I’m

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Jul 18, 2025

Dear mother of boys, your ceiling should be their floor

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on July 12, 2025. Dear mother, I saw you clearly the other day. You were standing in line behind me at

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Jul 11, 2025

For the stuck, there is hope

This essay was first published on July 5, 2025, on The Daily BS. On a beautiful summer morning, we head for the office. Beneath a vast, spreading sky of blue,

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Jul 04, 2025

The lost boys

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on June 28, 2025. The year was 2020. A virus was sweeping the land. The medical name was COVID-19, but it

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Jun 27, 2025

The life support we need

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on June 21, 2025. ETA:  Baby Mae passed from this earth and went to heaven one day after this essay was

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Jun 19, 2025

Graduating “forward”

This essay was first published on The Daily BS on May 31, 2025. This week, a very precious, very long chapter in the life of our family ended. For 29

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