Quoting Quiverfull: Give To Receive?

February 10, 2013 By 10 Comments
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Kelly Crawford from Generation Cedar – February 7, 2013 I have lived through turbulent economic crises, we have been the scorn of those wondering why we would be so “irresponsible” to have children on such a tight budget, we have been to the desperate

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Who Was That Masked Man: Part 9

June 26, 2012 By 11 Comments

by Calulu High school graduation loomed for Tom’s oldest non-disabled kid, a son that’s as bright as they come. The son has always been in the gifted and talented program at the local schools and was eligible for a few different college scholarships. The problem was that except for the small scholarship money there was [...]

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Millipede Part 7

June 5, 2012 By 11 Comments
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by Millipede This is not to say that my years embracing Patriarchy were all bad. Despite many bad changes and warning signs, there were moments of joy. Staying at home was fun. I promised myself to stay busy so as it was all too tempting to sit around. I made myself a “work” schedule complete [...]

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Who Was That Masked Man? Part 4

May 25, 2012 By 7 Comments

by Calulu   When we last left this story every couple in our little circle of friends from church had been exposed as having at least one cheater.  Things don’t get any better ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Months pass , everything, everyone continues in a warped state of stalemate. Tom has been dumped by Alice but doesn’t come [...]

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Who Was That Masked Man? Part 3

May 22, 2012 By 8 Comments

by Calulu When we last left everyone Tom was in and out of his home with Tina. Tina was determined to wait out his infidelity and we were trying to rally around Tina since she was disabled and alone. Things are about to get beyond strange, with the ripples affecting a number of families at [...]

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