It was almost too much to bear. They were in the infamous Ravensbruck concentration camp, the worst of all concentration camps, being transferred to more permanent quarters. Corrie had already cried when they first arrived as she had cut Betsie’s long chestnut hair off because of lice, and now this. The two Dutch sisters, Corrie […]
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How to Sing When You’d Rather Scream
Last week I fought the grumpies for a couple of days. As I was in the midst of this battle one morning, the lower dishwasher rack came partially off the tracks on the door. It has the tendency to do this occasionally, and I have the tendency to be royally irked by it. Feeling my […]
What Thankfulness Does For Us
It was after 9 o’clock. My mom and I had just returned from an almost-fruitless shopping trip and I had just driven home in the pouring rain, trying to stay awake, straining against my gritty-feeling contacts to see the lines of the road. We hadn’t eaten supper, so I went to the fridge and got […]