I wonder if only children know that it is possible to feel lonely in a big family. One loud family gathering morphs into the next until a loved one says, “Remember when . . . ,” forgetting you weren’t at that particular party. Or, the house is so full of people eating and laughing that no […]
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“Give us this day our daily bread.” Matthew 6:11 To a tiny town, snug within the Bible belt, I drove to meet my friend beneath a funeral tent. Her younger sister, who had been sick since we were little, had gone home to heaven. When I reached the town, raindrops greeted me, thumping upon my […]
A Children's Book World 