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A Real Bird-Brain

March 27, 2019 jillkwillis Leave a comment

Last Spring, a blue bird took one look at the inside of our house and decided he wanted in. The…

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Posted in: Christianity, Pets, Young Adult Filed under: #birdbrain, #bluebird, #comfortzone, #YALit, YA

National Girl Scout Day

March 12, 2019 jillkwillis Leave a comment

The Girl Scout Promise On my honor, I will try to serve God and my country, to help other people…

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Posted in: Volunteerism, Young Adult Filed under: #GirlPower, #GirlScoutCookies, #GirlScoutDay, #GirlScouts, #NationalGirlScoutDay, YA

Lenten Sacrifice

March 6, 2019 jillkwillis Leave a comment

Today is Ash Wednesday, the day millions of Christian believers around the world confront their own mortality and confess their…

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Posted in: Holidays, Young Adult Filed under: #AshWednesday, #Lent, #LentenSacrifice, #YALit, YA

The Haunted Heinz Mansion

October 27, 2018 jillkwillis Leave a comment

A spooky true story for the Halloween season: I saw a ghost when I was fifteen years old. Or, maybe…

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Posted in: Writing, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction Filed under: #callenwolde, #ghoststory, #Halloween, #hauntedhouse, #heinzmansion, #lullwaterestate, #YALit, #YoungAdult, Young Adult Fiction

The Mindset List

November 16, 2017 jillkwillis Leave a comment

Beliot College, located in Wisconsin, crawls into the minds of its freshmen each fall semester and comes up with a…

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Posted in: Young Adult Filed under: #BeliotCollege, #Millennials, #MindsetList, #YoungAdult, #Zappos

There were hints

November 9, 2017 jillkwillis Leave a comment

During worship service on Sunday, November 5, a gunman opened fire inside and out of the First Baptist Church in…

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Posted in: Christianity, Young Adult Filed under: #DomesticTerrorism, #SanAntonio, #SutherlandSprings

Terrible, horrible bad news

November 1, 2017 jillkwillis Leave a comment

Imagine the worst thing that could happen. Then, multiply it by three. My 15-year-old friend ran away from home with…

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Posted in: Young Adult Filed under: #BadNews, #prayer, #Runaway

Gunning for the light

October 26, 2017 jillkwillis Leave a comment

Our neighbor noticed a small bump in his driveway. Over the course of a few weeks, it grew larger and…

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Posted in: Young Adult Filed under: #ChaseAwayTheDarkness, #LiveInLight, #Mushroom, #ShineYourLight

The last show in Georgia

March 6, 2017 jillkwillis Leave a comment

I was honored to attend the last Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus performance in Georgia. We watched it ringside…

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Posted in: Young Adult Filed under: #CottonCandy, #Elephants, #FinalPerformance, #GreatestShowOnEarth, #RinglingBros

My one-eyed cat

February 21, 2017 jillkwillis Leave a comment

Can you tell in the left photograph that her eyes are different colors? This observation triggered our first veterinary visit.…

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Posted in: Pets, Young Adult Filed under: #cats, #one-eyedcats, #pets

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