by Laurie Short | May 23, 2014 | battle, Blessing, change, Dreams, Editor, Faith, God, God's will, Laurie Short, Perspective, Polich family, Prayer, Serbian, Serbian Orthodox, Stories, The Lord's prayer
Permit me to indulge in a little of my faith history. I grew up in the Serbian Orthodox church, which means a rich heritage of “religious traditions” (aka big parties) that involved massive amounts of eating, drinking and kissing. The kissing included big...
by Laurie Short | Oct 14, 2013 | Blessing, California, congress, congress hiatus, Dreams, Ellis Island, Faith, family, Fully alive, government, Grace, immigrant family, immigration, Parenting, Perspective, rags to riches, Serbian, step mom, step parenting, Stories, Uncategorized
This was a monumental week in my life as a step mom. My step son decided to do his immigration report on his great grandpa. On my side. It’s hard to describe the feelings of warmth when your step child claims your family as his own. It’s something you never expect....