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Heidi S. De Jonge

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The Cartography of Loss

What if our varying experiences of grief are not progressive points along a line of time but places to which we travel and in which

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Little Pieces of Light

There are many kinds of darkness, aren’t there? And still yet, many more ways of experiencing and perceiving the different kinds of darkness.

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From a Cave to a Tunnel

In writing for the Reformed Journal, many of my caves have become tunnels. As I read your stories and you read mine, I can breathe

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My Moment on the Camino

I had loved the flower virtually for years, connecting it to my faith and my vocation. And here it was in real life. It was

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Hand On My Heart

My hand on my heart is a sign I make in honor of those who died in those places. To remind myself that they were

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How Can I Keep From Singing?

They just keep singing. In the midst of the shock and devastation, their voices find each other, and they find the songs that they know.

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Never Take More Than Half

When my writing crosses the line into sentimentality, I am taking more than half, by which I mean that I am doing my own emotional

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