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As I read MWF Seeking BFF, I look at my own friendships and realize I have more fun with my single gal-pals . . . or do I? Maybe it is just a different kind of fun with my friends who are married with children. Maybe it's all in your own definition of fun. None of my mom-friends will go out salsa dancing on a Friday night, but none of my single girlfriends are going to introduce me to a weird, quirky and hilarious new cartoon. Of course, I feel the closest to friends in the…

I'll just come out and say it: I find friendship fascinating . . . maybe even more so than the Oxford comma debate. I think that a good friend, or BFF, is one of the most under-valued relationships in existence. That is why I have read many, many books on the subject; and that is why I ordered yet another one. MWF Seeking BFF is written by a young married woman who moves to Chicago and embarks on a quest for a BFF. How would you go about finding a BFF in a new city? Fascinating, in my…

It's the time of year for everyone to start planting tulips and buying chocolate. Time to bring out the pastel baskets and eggs. It's that most holy week, the one celebrating fluffy little chicks and baby birds and lilies. Wait, no, that's not what we celebrate. We who are redeemed unto eternal life celebrate the dying of Christ and His glorious resurrection. We celebrate the death of our inner, sinful man, and his renewal and transformation into a new, redeemed inner man who is acceptable…

This morning, I was looking through some of the jewelry handed down to me from my mom, my grandma and my great-grandma. There were notes written to me explaining what they were and to whom they had belonged. My mom was very practical and forward thinking. The notes were first addressed to my cousins, but when I made my unexpected appearance, the notes were re-addressed to me, adding that the real value lay in sentiment, and as a link to my family heritage.

Then I got on the computer and…