When a local ice cream stand opens for the season, that’s when spring officially begins in my Northeast Indiana hometown of Fort Wayne. Ice cream is more than a confectionery treat; it symbolizes happy memories of summer.
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St. Patrick’s Day is my late son Daniel’s birthday. He would’ve turned twenty-nine today.
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Are you stuck in a rut this winter eating the same salad every day?
Do you want something delicious and easy to make for the Super Bowl that won’t clog up arteries?
How about dipping raw veggies into this super simple bean dip?!
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in suicide loss
The first Christmas after my son died by suicide, I was in so much pain that I didn’t have the wherewithal to even put up a tree—let alone decorate the house. If it weren’t for my oldest son cutting down a straggly pine from our property, and setting it up, there wouldn’t have been a tree that year.
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