Greenhorn
I used to train operating room (OR) nurses who were fresh out of their internship. I had a special affinity for them because I could…
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Simplify, Owl.
Every January our family participates in a Read-Aloud Challenge. Each person is supposed to read aloud for 10 minutes to someone else. If each person…
Antiseptic
No one likes cleaning out a wound with antiseptic. It stings. Little kids learn pretty quickly that they don't love it when grown-ups want to…
Listen, write, talk
It's frustrating to immediately forget what we read or hear. Especially if it was really good. Here are a few tips: First, I highly recommend…
Adopted
“Adoption is the highest privilege of the gospel. The traitor is forgiven, brought in for supper, and given the family name. To be right with…
Phone fright
I had a paper route when I was in middle school. It was a nice route--close to my house; very kind customers who paid on…
Growing up
"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I…
On memory
If you asked me what I ate a couple of days ago, I'm probably not going to have an answer for you. If you asked…
It’s too prickly
Of course, we don’t naturally like all textures, do we? That scratchy shirt, or the textures of certain foods we don’t prefer. C.S. Lewis, in…
It’s soft
"I love this shirt because it's soft." What are you talking about? Until I met Diedra--my high school sweetheart, now wife--It never would have occurred…