Faith, Family, and the beauty of Everyday Grace

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true gold
Debbie Prather Debbie Prather

true gold

They know all your secrets.

They can name your old elementary and high school crushes, your most embarrassing moments, and your biggest regrets.

They know the one you love and the ones that got away.

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Marriage Looks Like This
Debbie Prather Debbie Prather

Marriage Looks Like This

Marriage looks like a desperately needed, intertwined nap on a lazy, rainy afternoon and later chopping vegetables, side by side, for a favorite Sunday soup recipe.

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the true you
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the true you

I sat poolside in this Mexican resort town and noticed a tingling clearness in my head and my breathing start to slow down and expand. It felt like a watch that had been ticking too fast, suddenly being reset to the correct tempo—an invisible rebooting of my soul.

I recently heard the soul described as the part of you that was there before you were born and the part of you that will live on after you die: The "true" you.

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Debbie Prather Debbie Prather

where it all began

It began in the spring of 1985.

Actually, let me back up. It began, specifically, at 12:30 a.m. on December 26, 1984—the first time Craig and I said "I love you" to one another.

I was a month over seventeen, a senior in high school, and Craig had just turned nineteen the week before, a college freshman home for Christmas break.

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