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A love letter for our 25th

I was 17 when we met. A small-town girl in the thick of the Heartland who was sick of the patriarchy, although I didn’t even know that word existed in 1988. David would be 18 and graduate from high school in a few months. And he was unlike any boy or man I’d ever met:Continue reading “A love letter for our 25th”

Posted byKat StroppelJanuary 20, 2022Posted inlife, poems & stories, UncategorizedTags:marriage1 Comment on A love letter for our 25th

16

You are awesome and you are loved, and although the world is sometimes dark and scary, you light it up for everyone who knows you. Happy 16!

Posted byKat StroppelMarch 21, 2019September 25, 2020Posted inPoems, poems & stories, storiesTags:birthday, epilepsy, mothers, parenting, sonsLeave a comment on 16
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