I was born and raised in Michigan. The seasons no longer surprise me. It snows in the winter and gets cold. It gets hot in the summer. The leaves turn and fall in the Autumn. And the flowers bloom in the Spring rains. Each transition from one season to another brings anticipation to my heart.…
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I am a midwestern girl, born right here in the mitten state. Twice, however, I have moved south of the Mason-Dixon line and have been taken aback by how different the culture is only six hundred miles from here. I had to get over my “midwesterness” to make friends. Here, we stand at a certain…
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The Grim Diagnosis
Hey ReCAST Women- we have a series of discussions coming up for mothers and their tween girls using the book Lies Girls Believe. I interviewed Kelsey McLaughlin who, along with Deirdre Thompson, is organizing the event so that you could learn all the practical details as well as the reasons Kelsey felt that this was…
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Monday February 25, 2019 will go down as a day of ghastly and reprehensible actions by the senate of the United States of America. It makes precious little difference if you are a Democrat or Republican. On this day, Senate Bill 311 (aka: The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act) was voted down in the senate…
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Always Faithful
I believe that we are an increasingly pragamatic culture. That means that we believe that the value of something is only according to how well it works to produce a desired outcome. This comes out in business models that seek to get results by whatever means work. We value productivity. We value efficiency. And…
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It’s Not Enough