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Why Bother Considering Our Value?
By Terese Luikens | Jan 21, 2025 | Faith
Worth I graduated from high school in 1976 and made one of the largest purchases in my lifetime as a single woman. I bought my first car, a used 1967 Volkswagen. It wasn’t much to look at. It did not sparkle or shine, but it was mine. The motor purred, the transmission was smooth and…
Read More → Why Bother Striving Toward Harmony?
By Terese Luikens | Jan 19, 2025 | Communication
Joyful When… Though my husband and I never discussed the number of children we wanted, we both knew we wanted more than one. About the time I began feeling confident as the mother of one child, we began thinking of trying for our second child. I harbored a few concerns with having a second child;…
Read More → Why Bother Paying Attention to Our Pain?
By Terese Luikens | Jan 17, 2025 | Forgiveness
Our Wounds I am grateful that I was not a single mother raising my three sons. My husband was and is indeed a wonderful father, but he was also a wonderful dispenser of first aid. Whenever one of our sons suffered an injury, my husband, unlike me, stayed calm. For instance, when our youngest lad…
Read More → Why Bother Knowing Their Stories?
By Terese Luikens | Jan 15, 2025 | Communication, Family
Stories Our lives are comprised of events, episodes and anecdotes exclusive to us. Even growing up in the same family, sharing the same adventures, misadventures and tragedies, our stories vary simply because we are unique individuals. For instance, my siblings and I shared the same tragedy; our dad’s suicide. But the tragedy interrupted and shaped…
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