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Michelle Jansma
- Apr 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Beautiful Mundane
It was our 7th anniversary, and I was scrubbing toilets; my third one of the morning, actually. A ding from the washing machine down the
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Michelle Jansma
- Jun 1, 2020
- 4 min
Keeping Our Children
When I was young, I kept a box in my room of “keepsakes”, little treasures that I had collected over the years. Souvenirs I got on family...