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Falling Upwards

Sometimes Leaving Is Just the Beginning

April 30, 2018April 20, 2018 Jessica L. Sanborn
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The Sunday that changed everything started like any other —wrangling kids into their car seats and rushing to leave the house on time. But as we drove the seven minutes to church, a fist of anxiety squeezed the middle of my chest, making it hard to breathe. We dropped the kids off at Sunday school, […]

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