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Musings, Ramblings and Minor Mischief
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Heather Jerrie
Mar 13 min read
Fighting the Battle, Drop by Drop
Don't ever forget: you matter. We need you.
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Heather Jerrie
Nov 23, 20243 min read
Downstream
We're touching the world every day in ways we may never know.
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Heather Jerrie
Feb 14, 20243 min read
A Love Letter to Winter
I'm looking out on a world of brown and grey, staring morosely through the window as I sip a cup of lukewarm coffee. I'm afraid this is...
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Heather Jerrie
Dec 30, 20232 min read
Join the Brigade!
This is a call to action - for you, for me, for all of us. The coming year needs more from us than we've ever given before. Every new...
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Heather Jerrie
Jul 26, 20233 min read
Shine!
Are you a list maker? I am. Somehow I just feel adrift if I don't have a pen at hand and that reassuring little piece of paper with all...
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Heather Jerrie
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Voting Tomorrow? You're in Good Hands.
We'll show up just before dawn tomorrow, pulling into deserted parking lots in towns all across the state. We'll flip on the lights and...
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Heather Jerrie
Feb 18, 20233 min read
Stronger Than Any Earthquake
Imagine this: you're at home eating dinner when suddenly the table starts to shudder and shake. A low rumbling begins, growing louder...
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Heather Jerrie
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Healing the World, One Name at a Time
Has this ever happened to you? You're in a crowded room, with lots of people talking. It's noisy, all a jumble of sound. You can...
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Heather Jerrie
Jun 23, 20223 min read
The Fire's Still Smoldering
Imagine one day you're at home when suddenly you notice a whiff of something burning. You hunt around for the source, checking every...
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Heather Jerrie
May 28, 20223 min read
Enough!
I've been looking at the pictures of those children in Texas. Looking, too, at the pictures of the teachers who went to school that day...
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Heather Jerrie
Apr 17, 20223 min read
Tackling the Mountain
I think most of us have some corner in our life where the mess piles up. Maybe it's that dark space under the kitchen sink, or the...
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Heather Jerrie
Feb 28, 20222 min read
The World Watches - and Takes a Stand
Tanks rumbling across muddy fields. Bombs falling. Smoke billowing from demolished buildings. Families huddling underground while...
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Heather Jerrie
Jul 31, 20213 min read
When the Well Runs Dry
'We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.' - Thomas Fuller Picture this: you've been working outside weeding the garden...
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Heather Jerrie
Mar 31, 20213 min read
So Small, Yet So Huge
It was precisely 3:15 p.m. I remember glancing up at the clock in the clinic as the nurse unwrapped the syringe. I thought, this is the...
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Heather Jerrie
Jan 25, 20214 min read
And Then We Turned the Page
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability...
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Heather Jerrie
Jan 16, 20213 min read
Have Courage
What a week this has been! We've watched history unfold right before our eyes, and it's been so painful to watch. I don't know about...
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Heather Jerrie
Jan 9, 20213 min read
Unbelievable!
As I write this, I'm still shaken, as I know you must be too, by this week's terrible events. It was horrifying to see: the crowd...
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Heather Jerrie
Dec 9, 20202 min read
And Then the Earth Moved
For a moment that will go down in history, it was humble. It unfolded not on a battlefield or in the roar of a rocket taking off, not in...
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Heather Jerrie
Nov 23, 20203 min read
I Love You. Please Stay Home.
I started to write a letter this morning. It went like this: Dear Family, I love you. I'd love to have you here for the holidays. So...
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Heather Jerrie
Nov 15, 20203 min read
A Hard River Crossed
It was Saturday morning, November 7th, 2020. I was washing dishes, elbow deep in soapy water. The phone rang, and I paused, then let it...
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