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Laureen Simper
Sep 44 min read
My "What I Did Over Summer Vacation" Essay
I went to Narnia this summer. I've only been one other time; I took my son when he was 10; he's going to be 34 in a few weeks. These last...
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Laureen Simper
May 113 min read
Celebrating Motherhood
Mother’s Day used to really bug me as a young mother. I remember one particularly poignant Mother’s Day when my first child was 2 or 3....
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Laureen Simper
Apr 173 min read
Worth Protecting
(Originally posted May 16, 2022) I was 16 when the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down in 1973. In my sheltered naivete, I was horrified...
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Laureen Simper
Mar 314 min read
Where My Children Can Find Me
One of the most memorable movies of my childhood is Shenandoah - filmed in 1965 and starring Jimmy Stewart. The thing that made it...
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Laureen Simper
Feb 134 min read
Re-Write Your Story
(Original post April 30, 2022) I was the burnt waffle. Erma Bombeck wrote that it’s too bad we can’t do children the way we do a batch of...
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Laureen Simper
Jan 204 min read
When There Are Angels
Friday morning, long hike day. Dale's been doing it since retirement, except for the long months of my illness, hospitalization, and...
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Laureen Simper
Jan 91 min read
Looking for Cracks
(Original post January 2023) It's just an ordinary plate from a Mexican shop in Ensenada. Probably didn’t even cost $20. I bought it on a...
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Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20232 min read
Daughtering
[Originally published March 17, 2018] As we embrace our divine roles as mothers, it’s natural that we will suddenly find ourselves in...
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Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20233 min read
Glorious Burden
[Originally published March 17, 2017] I was privileged to share this essay with UN delegates at the annual Commission on the Status of...
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Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20233 min read
The Homecoming
[Originally published October 31, 2011] You can learn a lot from your kids. Grant spoke in church yesterday, and gave a beautiful talk...
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Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20232 min read
Foreshadowing....Heaven
[Originally published October 21, 2011] Two days ago, we had a taste of what I imagine it's like to pass through the veil at the end of...
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Laureen Simper
Sep 13, 20231 min read
Tomorrow...
[Originally published October 17, 2011] So much to do in the next 30 hours. So for now, I just have to say that tomorrow, my little boy...
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