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Tag: childhood

Way-Seeking Mind

Leaving

April 8, 2021April 7, 2021 Vanessa Able

BY MICHELLE NICHOLAYSEN When I left the Seventh-day Adventists, I thought I could keep the love and forget the wrath.

Tagged childhood, Christianity, departure, healing, leaving, religion, religious history, seventh day adventistsLeave a comment
Charlie Mackesy
Book Bits

A Boy and His Woodland Friends: Charles Mackesy’s Heartwarming Tale of Discovery

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Vanessa Able

Charlie Mackesy's short graphic novel follows a young boy who connects with a wise horse and a mole, and a more reticent fox.

Tagged childhood, graphic novel, Simplicity1 Comment
Vanessa Escobar
Featured Poetry

Vanessa Escobar – Why I Can’t Eat My Grandmother’s Fried Liver and Onions

February 21, 2021February 19, 2021 Vanessa Able

Vanessa Escobar: "I was always conflicted growing up. But I think in my resistance I missed some things. My grandmother wasn't just being a dutiful wife, she was showing her love."

Tagged childhood, food, influence, Latinx, love1 Comment
Way-Seeking Mind

Dad Too Late

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY KENT JACOBSON My father clomped through life with boots—“Your mother will turn you into a softy”— and died early.

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Way-Seeking Mind

Yes, This

November 5, 2020November 4, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY APRIL NANCE I have a photograph of my childhood self taken by my Aunt Sandy. In the picture she has tamed my scraggly hair and combed it into a neat blonde bob.

Tagged childhood, family, imagine, music, peace1 Comment
Bathtub Bubbles
Way-Seeking Mind

The Rose-Pink Porcelain Bathtub

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY CHARLENE MOSKAL At around age seven I'd lie in tepid water in the rose-pink porcelain bathtub. I would look down the skinny length of me, close my eyes, imagine I was Jesus.

Tagged baptism, Bathtub, childhood, faith, heroes, hope, jesus, miraclesLeave a comment
Holly Allen
Featured Poetry

Holly Allen – Michigan Green

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Vanessa Able

Holly Allen's poem Michigan Green recalls the summers spent in Michigan with her great-grandmother.

Tagged childhood, disillusion, learning, nature, transition, wonderLeave a comment
Way-Seeking Mind

Esso Station

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Vanessa Able

BY SUSAN DI RENDE It was the summer of 1959. I was four years old, sitting in the back of my parents’ Rambler driving down Route 60 past motels, restaurants, and gas stations.

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Chris Alaimo
Featured, Featured Poetry

Chris Alaimo – Lovely Kid

August 16, 2020August 16, 2020 Vanessa Able

Chris Alaimo's Lovely Kid is an expression of grief for the freedom and innocence through which we explore ourselves in exploring the world in childhood.

Tagged childhood, Children, family, grief, letting go, mourning, pain, traumaLeave a comment
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