Max Anderson

The Battle for Our Children

This year we’re preparing for the arrival of our first two grandchildren. No, not twins. In early 2012, our son and his wife will have a little girl. Then, later in the year, our daughter and her husband are expecting their baby―we don’t know if it’s a girl or boy yet. We’re excited, of course, but other thoughts crowd in.

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K.D. McCrite

Paper Hearts and Crushes

When the cold wind of February sweeps across the land, I can’t help but think about Valentine’s Day. The first valentines I received came from my mom. She made them all by hand, and they were beautiful. She used paper doilies, ribbon, and red paper. Sometimes she’d cut out pictures of birds or flowers from old greeting cards or out of magazines and glue them on, but my mom was an artist. 

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