Why I Write: Making Sense
“Words create sentences; sentence create paragraphs; sometimes paragraphs quicken and begin to breathe.” Stephen King, On Writing. I read...
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Addie Gerlach
- Aug 25, 2020
- 2 min
Why I Write: Notes on a Plane
My body is restless. I can’t stop moving. I have to do something but I am stuck in a two-by-three-foot space. I can’t talk with anyone. I...
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Addie Gerlach
- Aug 18, 2020
- 1 min
Why I Write: Tell the Story
"Tell the story." That's what God keeps telling me. Several months ago my pastor mentioned a project in which we tell the stories of...
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Karina Tinsley
- Aug 11, 2020
- 3 min
Why I Write: Part of Me
Writing is a part of me the same way I need blood in my veins. Since my earliest memories, I’ve needed to write to live. I would say “I...
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Addie Gerlach
- Aug 4, 2020
- 1 min
She was 2.
One time, my girl was two. My #2 girl was two. We had a party, a sheep party. Everything had to be sheep. But I really don't remember...
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Karina Tinsley
- Jul 28, 2020
- 2 min
How to Survive Nearly Five Months of Lockdown
1) Take deep breaths. A lot of them. It has been super hard in all this to find calm and peace. In my house there are five other people...
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Karina Tinsley
- Jul 21, 2020
- 1 min
Perspective
Laying in the grass Turn my head Did I see it before? Was it always there? Did I never notice? How different it all looks from here Tiny...
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Karina Tinsley
- Jul 19, 2020
- 1 min
Karina Tinsley
I am 37. I have been married to Jim for 15 years. I have 5 kids ranging in ages from nearly 9 to just turned 20. I have lived in...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jul 14, 2020
- 1 min
Fatigue
fatigue noun fa·tigue | \ fə-ˈtēg \ Definition of fatigue (Entry 1 of 3) 1a: LABOR b: manual or menial work (such as the cleaning up...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jun 30, 2020
- 3 min
Clothed in Dignity--A Six Month Update
It's been six months since pants became an option again in my wardrobe, meaning the fundraising dress challenge ended. Now that things...
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Karina Tinsley
- Jun 23, 2020
- 2 min
Balance
I would say that as a mother it’s impossible to maintain a balance all the time. But really as a person it is impossible to maintain a...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jun 16, 2020
- 2 min
The Flame
It's easy to drive past something and not see it, even if you drive by every day. It's easy to pretend it doesn't exist simply because...
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Addie Gerlach
- Jun 9, 2020
- 1 min
The Path
One foot in front of the other Step Step Step Not sure which way to turn But some movement is better than None Even walking in place,...
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Karina Tinsley
- May 26, 2020
- 2 min
I Miss
A few weeks ago, I sat in my living room and watched Governor Inslee announce that schools would not be reopening this year. I knew it...
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Addie Gerlach
- May 19, 2020
- 1 min
Untitled Lessons
"But, is it the corona?" His little voice conveys worry. His papa is in the hospital for emergency heart surgery. A few weeks later he...
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Addie Gerlach
- May 5, 2020
- 1 min
Never Again
Never again will I worry that the hug lasts too long. Because when will I get to hug you next? Even if it's tomorrow that's too long to...
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Karina Tinsley
- Apr 28, 2020
- 2 min
"How are you?"
It’s a common question to be asked and even more right now because everyone is wondering how everyone else is doing. Right now, who knows...
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Addie Gerlach
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Quarantine Blessings
1. The grocery store has had almost every thing we need, even if it's a smaller package or something. 2. Talking with my friends for...
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Karina Tinsley
- Apr 14, 2020
- 3 min
To be a friend
I wrote this a love letter for my deepest and closest friends of over a decade. No amount of words would ever be able to capture all we...
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Addie Gerlach
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
God is Here to Meet You (Good Friday)
This was originally posted on Good Friday 2018. As the church is separated on one of the holiest days, may God meet you where you are in...
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