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Interlude

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Interlude

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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“Mom!” “Mom!” “Mom!” His voice, a touch louder than a whisper, demanded my attention despite my deep need for sleep. “Mom, look! Look what I can do!” I pushed my book aside and rose to my elbows. My glasses were still perched on my nose. “Mom!” His 5’10” lanky frame pirouetted on the red carpet […]

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Pondering Independence Day

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The 4th of July, for me, isn’t the kind of holiday I really look forward to. I live in a small town. We have the parades, the pancake breakasts, the picnics, the gathering-together-in-the-park kind of celebrations. We have the swimming pools, the BBQs, the kids riding decorated bikes through town. It just doesn’t speak to […]

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What Is Prayer?

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These months of spring and early summer shared their beauty and their pain, their hope for new beginnings and the sadness of lives ended-some with grace and dignity of a life well-lived, and some with the tragedy of a life not-yet-fully lived. For me, I find prayer in poetry, in words of writers who speak […]

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Longing

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The moment was gone that instant when I knew it would all change for the time being, the moment when my insides shifted from content to chaotic. The anxiousness of separation and the knowing that really, everything was fine. It’s instinctual, I tell myself. That yearning to know what you’re doing where you are if […]

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Re-framing Weakness

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.” ~ Niccolò Machiavelli Weakness a fine line in a marble statue not deep enough to crack, but penetrating enough to create a story. Weakness vulnerability like a chink in a coat of armor or strength of character and trust in those who love you? […]