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My First Letter to Me

In Personal by Allison Byxbe

Dear Allison, A year ago your biggest celebration was a working toilet being installed downstairs in the condo. You even posted about it on Facebook (because, y’know, that makes everything …

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An Advent Reflection

In Personal by Allison Byxbe

All this life has me wearied. All this anger and frustration and yelling and eating that which doesn’t satisfy – it’s left me so over it all. I’m tired of …

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Raising Reed

In Personal by Allison Byxbe

 Sitting at the kitchen table of my not-quite-unpacked kitchen, just a couple scant weeks since we’d uprooted our little family and moved 600 miles north, I watched Ben’s expression grow …

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How to Ruin a Vacation

In Personal by Allison Byxbe

That way? No, a little boy sleeping in a hospital bed  doesn’t ruin a vacation. Just delays it. But it’s my heart that reduces a gracious gift to an ash-heap …

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Going Second

In Personal by Allison Byxbe

Difficult circumstances can feel isolating. Something bad happens and we feel as if we’re the only one going through it. No one else understands it or us — in fact, …