The Dark
Waking with a start, my eye searches for the light. Shining from behind the window curtain, the light allows alertness to return just as...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Evelyn Runyan 1930-2020
"Can I see it? The urn?" Imagining some ornate decoration, I barely recognize the box, an unassuming cloth-covered cube. It's...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
19.
"Bronze," he says. "That's the gift for 19 years." Considering I have no gift planned because life feels a little like a spin-out on a...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Stories in Print: Self-Reg
In high school I became a certified diver. Funny story, I still am a certified diver. I wouldn't honestly do that without a refresher...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jun 23, 2021
- 1 min
The Word
Sharper than a two-edged sword, divider of sinew and flesh. Divider of true and false. Your word gives me comfort when the world creates...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jun 3, 2021
- 1 min
New Growth
"I'm so much bigger than I used to be," Tree, sobbing, said to itself. "No one will be able to recognize me this summer, and my Christmas...
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Addie Gerlach
- May 28, 2021
- 2 min
Stories in Print: The Dutch House
The Dutch House By Ann Patchett Hardcover, First Edition, Deckle Edge, 337 pages Published September 24th 2019 by Harper A good friend of...
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Addie Gerlach
- May 20, 2021
- 2 min
What Food Freedom Means to Me
The body’s signals start small; something is about to happen, something big. A pain in the back coming and going, a tightness in the...
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Addie Gerlach
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
Inhale
The tricky thing is, as soon as one exhales, one must again inhale. This time though, I won't be holding my breath. God is still good. He...
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Addie Gerlach
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
Star Wars Day
May the 4th bring peace. After grief, after loss, after heartache. May there be peace. Where there once was division, may there be unity....
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Addie Gerlach
- Apr 28, 2021
- 1 min
Less depression though, so that's good.
"Have you been writing?" Oh, I wish. It turns out reentering the real world after the past year takes the creative energy away almost as...
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Addie Gerlach
- Apr 13, 2021
- 1 min
Exhale
With every little bit, I exhale. Not realizing I've held my breath for so long, the relief is foreign. What is this strange feeling? And...
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Addie Gerlach
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
Tell the Story: A StoryWorth review
Every year it's a similar challenge: Christmas gifts for the family. What do you get for the parents who seem to have everything? Also, I...
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Addie Gerlach
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
God is Here to Meet You (Good Friday)
This was originally posted on Good Friday 2018, and it's become one of my favorite pieces. Every year it changes a little bit though, as...
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Addie Gerlach
- Mar 30, 2021
- 1 min
Twenty
Twenty years of birthdays and Christmases, Labor Day Weekends and New Year's Eves. Twenty years of bedtimes, nap times, and dinnertimes....
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Addie Gerlach
- Jan 30, 2021
- 1 min
Sixteen...
My little heart can't handle three birthdays within a week ending with the anniversary of becoming a mom. Sixteen years ago today you...
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Addie Gerlach
- Dec 1, 2020
- 2 min
The Thrill of...Rest
Four AM used to be my "friend," but we never really got along. The demands of my day made any "me-time" seemingly impossible, so I made...
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Addie Gerlach
- Nov 27, 2020
- 2 min
Ghost of Thanksgiving Past
"Go with the light meat, it's less fattening." Grandma always made the turkey, stuffing, and gravy, which was stirred up by Mom when we...
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Addie Gerlach
- Nov 24, 2020
- 1 min
Thankful
Health for my family. Connection with those who are far from me through technology. Outdoor hangouts with friends. Zoom hangouts with...
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Addie Gerlach
- Nov 17, 2020
- 2 min
Homeschooling Wins
We have been homeschooling for eleven years. Longer, if you count preschool. Our oldest is in 10th grade and our youngest is in 1st. We...
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