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Aug 14, 2012

“Dear Mr. Schrock,” or, the letter I didn’t write

“Dear Mr. Schrock.” That’s how they always began. Written by me, beleaguered housewife and mother of his children, it was my SOS, a twenty-first century smoke signal to The Mister

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Jul 31, 2012

Mother of four volunteers for Olympics – as Team Mom

It was shocking. There they were, the elite cyclists in the racing world, climbing one of the Pyrenees Mountains in the Tour de France. Demonstrating incredible strength and conditioning, they

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Jul 24, 2012

For spiritual drought, we need the rain of revival

It pained me to see it. Driving along, the signs were stark, sobering. Past lawns, dry and brown. Past fields of corn, leaves curled and brittle. Past homesteads and farms

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Jul 17, 2012

Parents spring for espresso, chocolate patches, offer children chamomile

It had taken a crowbar to do it.  That, and Mr. Schrock’s famous limb, the Left Leg of Leverage, to fit us all into the truck. The holiday had come.

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Jul 10, 2012

Period prays to be a comma, shakes mom’s composure

Like a bolt of lightning flung from the heavens, he dropped it in my lap. “I’d like a sister,” he said, peering meaningfully at me. I think I croaked. I

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Jul 03, 2012

Mother talks turkey (and ice cream) with the mayor

If there were an encyclopedic set entitled “Great Mysteries of Modern Life,” this one would fill an entire volume of its own. It ranks right up there with “Where Do

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Jun 26, 2012

Mom heads for Hunker Bunker, escapes fireworks and starving offspring

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Jun 19, 2012

Man candles are nice, but there’s more they could do

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Jun 12, 2012

Mother turns game warden on wildlife sanctuary

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Jun 05, 2012

Trading places – whimperer proposes a swap to whooper

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.  They’re always jumping, ever grazing, and seldom sleeping. Yup, it’s summertime and the kids are home.  Somewhere, tired teachers are on their

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