When Life Doesn’t Line Up With Your Expectations

by Kristin Meador I’m sitting in Vint Coffee Shop in Louisville, Kentucky, over 2,000 miles from the place that was home to me for the past 50 years – the Pacific Northwest. I’ve been here 3 1/2 weeks, and it still feels surreal. Most days I forget that I am across the country from my…

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An Anchor in the Midst of Change

After the boxes are unpacked by Jessica Taylor When I moved to Dallas, TX in 2011 for my husband’s job, I stumbled upon the After the Boxes Are Unpacked book at a library while adjusting to a new culture — navigating changes in work, spiritual life, and transitioning from East Coast living to Southern life. I…

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Ready to Begin Again

by Mary Smith I sat at my kitchen table, my cup of tea cooling beside me, and stared out the window at the garden Charles and I had worked on together for years. The chrysanthemums were still holding on, a last bit of color before the frost came. But even they seemed to know their…

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