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Journal

The Cost of Keeping the Peace

For years, I thought keeping the peace meant staying quiet. I swallowed hurt, questioned my own feelings, carried...

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Local lore

Mary Black: How an Irish Immigrant Became Lawrence County’s “Witch”

For generations, Lawrence County children knew Mary Black as the witch of Tindall Cemetery. Say her name three...

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Guide

Two Simple Things I Do to Keep My Fall Mums Happy

Want your fall mums looking beautiful in October instead of peaking in September? These are the two simple...

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Reflection

When Autumn Arrives Early

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Journal

Wildflowers

We do not have to be untouched by hardship to bloom.

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Journal

Home In My Own Skin

I stopped treating myself like a problem to solve.

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Journal

Light On

Hope rarely arrives all at once.

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Journal

Phoenix Bones

What survived the fire was never meant to burn.

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Small Town Constellations

Some places never leave us.

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Journal

The View From Here

The climb taught me why I kept going.

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Journal

Hands Like My Mother's

The older I get the more I recognize my mother's hands in my own.

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She Built Herself

She built the road herself.

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Journal

The Girl I Left Behind

I honor her for helping me become who I am.

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Mirrorball

I forgot I had my own light.

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Journal

Ghost Town

Not every loss happens all at once. Sometimes it leaves one quiet goodbye at a time.

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Journal

Invisible Weight

The heaviest things I've ever carried were the things no one else could see.

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Journal

House of Maybes

Some chapters end with a choice.

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Behind the work

A Final Thought on I Am What Remains

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Behind the work

The Story Behind the Pieces in the Storehouse

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Behind the work

The Images that Became Part of the Story

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Behind the work

The Story Behind the Collection

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Behind the work

Why I Named the Album What I Did

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Behind the work

Why I Chose Her

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