History, Real Life, and Faith
Is it unusual in your world to see a woman wearing a cross around her neck? Standing in line to tour the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, I got into a lengthy discussion of recent history with my sister-in-law’s cousin, Attila (“the Hun,” as he likes to say). The conversation in English had become quite animated when I noticed the…
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Checking out of life with Kristin Lavrandotter
How to know when you finished researching and it’s time to write?
My family loved visiting the London war zone. Married to a now-retired naval officer, I’m still often involved in military matters and that holds particularly true while on vacation. We’ve actually dubbed some of our trips by the wars we wound up investigating. There was the infamous French and Indian War trip (Maine, Quebec, Fort Ticonderoga), the Civil War outings…
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Patterning a woman’s motherhood based on childhood books.
Can you pinpoint a moment in your life when everything changed? You wouldn’t have recognized it at the time. But a seemingly random, minor event diverted your life or maybe your happiness, forever. One decision: Where are my papers? If I run, can I catch that train? Why won’t my watch work? And the course of your life spins away. Some people…
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