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That Time My Son Saw a Red-Eyed Ghost
and I learned this is a thing with children?
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Mary Katherine Backstrom
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Divorce Broke My Heart, but it Didn't Break Me
four lessons from my first year of healing
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Letting Go of My Paper Clips
...a prayer worth praying again
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Governor Signs Bill Requiring Shariah Law to Be Posted in Public Classrooms
If this was today's headline in Louisiana, how would Christians respond?
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"Mrs. Cynthia, Why is Your Skin So Dark?"
So...children do see color, after all.
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Wishing All the Homophobes a Super Uncomfortable Month
...and no, I won't tolerate our differences.
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I am a Christian with Pride
(and the sins of Sodom aren't what we were told)
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April 2024

Feeling Safe in My Own Arms
and remembering to refill my Prozac
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Mary Katherine Backstrom
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This is the face of anxiety and depression.
I'm paddling like hell below the surface.
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Mary Katherine Backstrom
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March 2024

My First Sad Birthday
If I am indeed proverbially “over the hill”…why does the future look like such a steep climb?
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An apology to people I've hurt as a Christian.
The Church may not be sorry, but I am.
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To the teacher who gave my daughter a C
there's something you need to hear
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