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Letting go, children, school, manuscript, editor, writing, publishing house, kindergartener, writer, author, parent, grief, maturity

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Letting Go: A Book is Like a Child

It’s hard to let go of a manuscript–or a child!

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One Candle for Advent Hope

What does the first candle of Advent represent?

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Research Frenzy and the Boys in the Basement

What happens when writers let “the boys in the basement,” help with their writing.

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ambulance tour, cub scouts, EMT, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, flashing lights, new equipment, curious children, emergency situations

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The EMT, an Ambulance and Some Cub Scouts

What is your reaction when you see an ambulance barreling down the road at you, lights flashing and siren wailing? Does your heart leap into your throat and your blood pressure soar? Do you pull over (like you’re supposed to) to the right and wait until the ambulance passes? Or, do you ignore the excitement and carry on, oblivious to…
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Making a Memory Souvenir

One of my relatives visited Pike Place Market in Seattle recently and took home a memory souvenir. What’s a memory souvenir? Not an actual item, necessarily, but an experience that triggers a pleasant memory. Here’s the nine-second video: She didn’t need to buy anything, she took a picture to remember a fun outing. How it works This video triggered a memory souvenir…
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Take a Family Tree to Thanksgiving?

Rather than a side dish, I’ve taken a family tree to my family’s Thanksgiving celebration–several times. May I suggest you do the same? Even if you’re bringing a pumpkin pie? Thanksgiving and all the holidays traditionally involve bringing family members together. What better time to collect and share data on something we all have in common: our ancestors? Here are…
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Michelle Ule is a bestselling author of historical novellas, an essayist, blogger and the biographer of Mrs. Oswald Chambers: The Woman Behind the World's Bestselling Devotional.

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