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Julie Seedorf: Today’s news much darker than old fairy tales

Jack Sprat can eat no fat; his wife can eat no lean. The line from the fairy tale ...

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Julie Seedorf: Woman taught people how to live and love

One of my best friends is now singing with the angels. Her beautiful voice has joined God’s chorus ...

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Julie Seedorf: Remember the holy night during the season

On my Facebook page this past week I shared a picture of an old Christmas vase used in ...

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Julie Seedorf: Dealing with a bad case of the “I wants”

I love kitchen gadgets. I have many cute little kitchen tools in my drawers that I have accumulated ...

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Julie Seedorf: Christmas — A time to believe in miracles

I got the proverbial Thanksgiving cold. It was there in the background hovering over my day on Thanksgiving ...

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Julie Seedorf: Shop ’til you drop in small-town America

This year I am going to pretend I am Oprah and name some of my favorite places and ...

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Julie Seedorf: Lives are blessed in the good times and bad

It was an unusual week. On Monday I was lunching with a friend and she said to me, ...

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Julie Seedorf: There is art in every aspect of a career

“I can hardly wait to become an adult.” These words were part of a conversation I had with ...

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Julie Seedorf: Loss can be felt deeply in the holiday season

Grief is strange. It pops up when you least expect it, blotting out the sunshine and carrying you ...

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Julie Seedorf: Do we carry things too far these days with pets?

I asked my furry babies what they wanted to be for Halloween. Natasha meowed, telling me she wanted ...

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Julie Seedorf: 100-year-old led simple, hardworking life

“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of 10 years, plant ...

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Julie Seedorf: An open letter to an unknown man at the bar

Marguerite Duras once said, “Alcohol is barren. The words a man speaks in the night of drunkenness fade ...

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Julie Seedorf: Everybody has a choice in how they react

I am a reactor. At times that reaction can be nuclear. It can happen at any time.

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Julie Seedorf: Life is short; forgive your family members

The best career I have had in my lifetime is that of mother. There will never be anything ...

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Julie Seedorf: I’m still in sticking-my-neck-out mode

I have been told to not stick my neck out. The term means risk, incurring criticism or anger ...

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