Let me relate this spring to you as an imaginary ballet. It begins in the past. A mother holds her blond toddler’s hand as they skip through crowds of adults who stop to pat his head, smile, blow kisses. In an instant, the child grows into a tween. Most of the grown-ups grow indifferent. A […]
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The same God who brought you the good old days will bring you the good new days.” I read this bit of wisdom in a book by John Claypool when I was a teenager, and I’m still quoting it to myself today. The New Year is beginning, and although I feel a twinge of excitement […]