Category Archives: community

At War

Posted on March 15, 2024 by apronheadlilly

I am kind of at war with technology. There are aspects I love, like digital cameras, editing tools, word docs, the connection on social media (This is a mixed bag!). But this constant phone connection thing has me perplexed and … Continue reading →

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I Want to Return

Posted on January 27, 2024 by apronheadlilly

I want to return to that place— the comfort and ignorance of childhood, the rooftops, the trees, haylofts, and attics, the fast river and railroad tracks that led nowhere and everywhere, green fields and barbed wire fences, and salt licks … Continue reading →

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What Will People Say?

Posted on January 8, 2024 by apronheadlilly

I taught English for many years, and one assignment I would give my twelfth-grade students close to graduation was to write a list of the things they would want people to say about them at their funerals. Upon completion, and … Continue reading →

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We Make People Lie

Posted on August 3, 2023 by apronheadlilly

We make people lie. It is about time we eliminate meaningless greetings and replace them with simple phrases, like good morning, good afternoon, and hello. I remember years ago going through a grocery checkout line, fighting a bad headache. It … Continue reading →

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Standing Alone with Elisha

Posted on December 5, 2022 by apronheadlilly

We all like to think that standing for something big would not be too hard because in a part of our head and heart, we know that we really aren’t standing alone– at least, really alone-alone. And yet, there are … Continue reading →

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My Record of Wrongs

Posted on May 30, 2022 by apronheadlilly

I kept diaries off and on as a kid, chronicling important stuff like supper menus, sibling squabbles, and crazy crushes; but it wasn’t until I began to travel and sing full time that I started journaling in earnest. Over the … Continue reading →

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Purify

Posted on June 7, 2021 by apronheadlilly

When real life gives you murders, injustice, pain, vigilantism, discrimination, betrayal, and the myriad other destroyers of the human spirit, we rail, we protest, and we grieve . . . and yet, when we seek some respite from the real … Continue reading →

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Chapter 44

Posted on March 21, 2020 by apronheadlilly

Harper woke to the good smells of something cooking in the kitchen. She put her warm robe on, grabbed the walker, and went out to investigate. There was Blaise adorned in one of her bright pink aprons. It was a … Continue reading →

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Chapter 43

Posted on March 20, 2020 by apronheadlilly

The hospital released Harper on the Saturday afternoon before Easter with strict instructions to get plenty of rest, to not lift anything over five pounds, and to make a follow up appointment with her doctor in one week. She was … Continue reading →

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Chapter 42

Posted on March 20, 2020 by apronheadlilly

Harper got stronger with each day. Before she would be allowed to go home, however, she had to be able to get herself out of bed and visit the bathroom unassisted, and she needed to be able to take fifty … Continue reading →

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