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Mar 22, 20193 min read

We don't get much of a winter, here in Texas. In fact, our Northern friends would laugh at our weakness, when it comes to "battling the...

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Sandra Campbell

Dec 14, 20182 min read

Order, Change, and Peace

The holidays. No two words can create such fear and such frenzy. Do you remember, as kids, we had every form of "Christmas Countdown" we...

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Sandra Campbell

Nov 8, 20183 min read

A Means to Transformation

Change. Something we either enthusiastically pursue, or something we avoid, with the tenacity of an experienced runner, chasing a finish...

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Sandra Campbell

Oct 17, 20182 min read

Teaching Perspective

I recently read an opinion editorial, posing the question as to how to raise daughters, in what the writer called a "highly gender...

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Sandra Campbell

Jul 17, 20183 min read

Care Before

I sat wondering, "if I walked out, would they even notice". A genuine feeling, I'm not privy to, very often. A sanguine, by nature, I'm...

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Sandra Campbell

Jul 4, 20182 min read

Freedom

Happy 4th! Amid the hot dog cookouts, watermelon stains, and spraying yourself with water, to keep from burning alive, in the heat, I...

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Sandra Campbell

Jun 25, 20183 min read

The Dichotomy of Anonymity

I've mentioned several times before, when our Pure Truth team visits area schools, we give the students a venue to express their...

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Sandra Campbell

Jun 4, 20184 min read

What We Give

One of the many benefits of coordinating our Pure Truth program is getting feedback from the students, at the end of our two-week...

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Sandra Campbell

May 23, 20183 min read

Merry Month of May

I've decided, Thomas Dekker must not have had children when he composed the poem, The Merry Month of May. Or, rather it's likely, in...

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Sandra Campbell

Apr 30, 20185 min read

The Thing About Life

I hope I'm given the grace to wax personal, with this week's post. Not that how I see other areas of our lives, as parents, not affecting...

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Sandra Campbell

Apr 25, 20183 min read

Are They Safe?

Working with students, for the past twenty years, I have learned to not take some things for granted. Never let them think you know that...

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Sandra Campbell

Apr 20, 20184 min read

Our Best

I watched my two daughters, scraggly hair and yogurt-stained faces, haphazardly wrap the dolls up in blankets, meant to stay clean and...

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Sandra Campbell

Apr 11, 20183 min read

We're All Going Through

I literally wrote - deleted - rewrote - deleted again, the title to this post, all while losing it on my 20-month-old daughter, because...

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Sandra Campbell

Apr 3, 20183 min read

Be Kind to Yourself

It's that time of the year. If your mental calendar has no recollection of a January to December schedule, instead, you live and function...

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Sandra Campbell

Mar 26, 20183 min read

Sounds of this Season

My favorite sense that we have been giving is the sense of smell. It is truly phenomenal to me that one whiff of something strong, tasty,...

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Sandra Campbell

Jan 23, 20183 min read

New

02.2018 Welcome. Welcome to a new relationship. Welcome to a new journey, for some, a rigorous continuation, for others. Welcome to the...

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