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Thoughts on faith, motherhood, grief, writing, and the stories that shape us.

Writing & Books

Legacies Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to the three winners of our Legacies anniversary giveaways — and a heartfelt thank you to everyone who celebrated with us.

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Writing & Books

Man's Search for Logos

Viktor Frankl taught that meaning is the primary force driving human life. In a culture drowning in division and despair, the search for logos — for meaning rooted in something eternal — has never mattered more.

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Writing & Books

A Giveaway to Honor Mom

In one sentence, capture the woman who shaped you. This Mother's Day giveaway invites readers to honor their moms — whether here or on the other side of time.

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Writing & Books

When Losses Become Legacies Turns One

To celebrate one year of When Losses Become Legacies, my co-author and I are hosting three weeks of book giveaways centered on honoring moms, art, and the power of reader reviews.

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Current Events

Chicago on My Mind

After thirty years in Chicagoland, our family left — driven by soaring crime, anti-family policies, and a state that seems intent on making things worse.

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Current Events

Reflections on 9/11

A visit to the Flight 93 Memorial stirs reflections on the consonance and dissonance of September 11 — and the courage our country desperately needs today.

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Current Events

Blue September: Twenty Years After 9/11

Two decades after 9/11, the crystalline blue sky of that September morning remains seared in memory — a backdrop to senseless horror, uncommon courage, and a nation's reckoning with freedom's fragility.

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Writing & Books

The Three Dimensions of Character

Surface behaviors, backstory, and high-stakes choices — fiction gives us access to all three dimensions of character. Larry Brooks explains how to develop and integrate each one.

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