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North Bay: My true figure

I held a North Bay essay contest for my 6th grade class and, though every essay was a work of art, I thought  this one really captured the layers and depth of personal growth that occurred for many of my students at North Bay.
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Remembering a Baltimore priest’s ordeal at Dachau

The Polish priest told the Review that the wood strips in the windows separating the glass panes at Dachau seemed like crosses. Every time he looked out a window, he was reminded of the sign of redemption.
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The most unexpectedly religious film of the year

I am going to maintain that A Quiet Place is the most unexpectedly religious film of 2018.
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My moo-ving experience with some cows

Has your car ever been rocked back and forth by vigorous bovine tongues? Mine has. Here's the story.
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An open letter to the Duchess of Cambridge: In praise of third children

Kate, you may think you have this parenting thing down by now, but you are in for a treat. Because now you and Prince William are parents to a third child.
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A taste of spring, when mom cooks dinner, a munchkin survey, and frigid baseball fun (7 Quick Takes)

Our saucer magnolia tree is blooming! Spring is here, and then it’s not, and then it sort of is. I think we might see some warmer weather this weekend.
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Big fat juicy ones, long slim slimy ones…

On our morning drive to school it was gray and rainy. It looked like a long, wet, gray day without outdoor recess. As our car inched along in the drop-off line, I spotted a little girl—maybe 6 or 7 years old—bounding along the sidewalk. She was stopping every few feet to bend down to the...
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Tie tying, homework and all that jazz, learning the Apostles’ Creed, a favorite board game, and more (7 Quick Takes)

My parents sent our second-grader a new tie with a First Communion tie tack to wear, and he could not wait to put it on when it arrived.
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Good Enough Is Good Enough: Q&A with Author Colleen Duggan

“Writing is such a form of prayer,” Colleen told me. “When I get out of the way, the Holy Spirit can really work through me."
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The first day of baseball season

At that first practice, anything and everything is possible. The season lies ahead of us fresh and clean and exciting.
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