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Redeeming the Time

Redeeming the Time

Posted on December 11, 2018December 12, 2018 by Anastacia Pattillo

I hate winter. As a Texan, this is sacrilege. We’re all supposed to hate the heat (even though we choose to live in this state. Sigh.) The last couple of weeks have been plunging us into autumn, and we’ve already had our first hard freeze. Oh, I loathe it. Anyone Read More

Posted in death, depression, family Tagged death, family, grief, Incarnation
The Golden Hour

The Golden Hour

Posted on August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 by Anastacia Pattillo

I am haunted When I was sixteen, the movie A River Runs Through It, hit me like a freight train. I will not deny, a young Brad Pitt might have had something to do with it. However, there was something else about the story, the words of an author coming Read More

Posted in death, family, parenting Tagged death, motherhood
To Hear One More Laugh: A Lament for My Grandmother

To Hear One More Laugh: A Lament for My Grandmother

Posted on December 9, 2017August 12, 2018 by Anastacia Pattillo

 The Last Photo We buried my grandmother in July. The photo above is my last of her before her death. It is poor quality and blurry, but I took it to show family members who needed to know she was feeling better on this particular day. Those final weeks were Read More

Posted in family Tagged death

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