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Stephanie H Cochrane's avatar

UGH, Drew! No two words describe my father more than “quiet faithfulness.” He lives with us now and we support my mom in caring for him through dementia. So I only cried through every other sentence of this beautiful essay. Thanks for laboring. Thanks for sharing.

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Kensi Duszynski's avatar

Audible “mmms” and “ohs” over here. Worth all the time it took to read. Thank you for laboring over this essay, Drew. I see your Grandma Sue in you in the quiet faithfulness and tenacity it must have taken to wrestle these broken and beautiful words down - and to wind up, still, with hope.

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Mikah's avatar

Oh, this was feeling so heavy and I was wondering if there was going to be an up turn. It was so sweet to be turned to the quiet faithful, long-suffering prayer warriors and workers of justice as I heard echoes of my own heartbreak in your essay. ❤️

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Elizabeth Jones's avatar

Thank you. We all needed this

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Stephanie S.'s avatar

Beautiful! Thanks for writing this.

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Joy Moore's avatar

Uffda! You honor your Grandma well. It is hard as the writer of a piece like this to let your heart be broken for others. Thanks for sharing yours.

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