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Don’t Worry About Tomorrow
I thought a five month engagement was practically a century, but as they all said, time flies. Wedding bands, hotel rooms, flowers, desserts, and tablecloths consume my mind these days. I am so not a details person, but planning a sizable event sort of requires that, so here we are. My goal in this process…
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Making a New Home and Preparing to be a Wife: The Journey thus Far
On December 7th, 2019, I will begin the greatest adventure of my life to date: becoming Lucas’s wife. This has been the desire of my heart since I was a little girl playing house in my backyard, sweeping my playhouse porch, making meals of sticks and twigs, and dressing my baby dolls. For many years,…
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When People Tell Me to Enjoy it While it Lasts
If you know me, are friends with me, or happened to check me out at Publix earlier, you know I’m getting married. I got engaged a few weeks ago to my amazing and wonderful Lucas and I’m over the moon to marry him in just a few months. You may think I talk about him…
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What Happened When I Stopped Going to Church
I grew up in an amazing church. Most of you know what church this was. It’s something of a legend. Looking back at pictures it feels like looking at a moment in history, something so beautiful and special it can never be replicated. The community that was built there is still the community I hold…
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Sometimes I Imagine What My Life Could Have Been
Sometimes, I imagine that I moved to Honduras. For seven years I have loved the small yet rich and beautiful country. I have looked forward with great anticipation to visiting each year, to inhaling the diesel fumes as our rickety school bus spirited through the crowded city streets. I imagine that I moved there to…
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Lucas is not my type
Lucas is not what I would call my type. And I have a type. Or I thought I did. When I was about 14, I started writing out a list of what I thought my type was. It was a very long list. As the years passed in wave after wave of complete and total…
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How to Have Unpopular Opinions Without Offending Anyone: A Complete Guide
I used to engage in a fair amount of facebook “discussions,” which is a nice way of saying long, ridiculous arguments where people you haven’t spoken with in years come out of the woodwork or offer their sentiments on your political or religious post. Then, other people you haven’t seen in years come in like…
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Going through a hard season
In June of 2012, my dad was in a tragic accident and was put on life support where he remained in a coma for one month. The same week, my sister’s marriage ended. I was in Honduras when the accident happened , so I left my dad on June 7th, and life was nearly perfect.…
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The Magic of Thomasville
This morning, I woke lazily, ambled into my kitchen, and set to brewing a fresh cup of coffee, pour over style, like my daddy taught me. Without any sort of hurry or agenda, I sat at my old vintage metal desk I bought at a church yard sale, and opened my bible to the book…
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Dear Men, I’m Not Angry at You.
I have a firm belief there exists a silent group of women. They are fierce and bold, but you rarely hear from them. Too often, they are drowned out by the voices of other women who will not be silenced. The group of women to which I refer is the group who is not angry…
Sarah D. Shearer 