This is my son, Henry:
My son, Henry, participated in his first Christmas program at his preschool on Tuesday:
My son, Henry.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Back When:
2013: Sharing the ‘Good News,’ with a little excerpt from Walk the Line that relates to Ralph Waldo Emerson… “Or, would you sing something different. Something real. Something you felt. Cause I’m telling you right now, that’s the kind of song people want to hear.”
2012: The Third Candle: Joy, Mary’s Candle (Poem)
2011: Swimming in Troubled Waters: Writing about Faith (The essay I refer to, “Underwater,” was published by Relief not too long ago!)
2010: Mama and Papa Bear vs. Parents of Three-Year-Olds
2009: Baking Cookies, but the finished version of this poem makes a decent little YouTube clip:
2008: Pruning Burning Bushes: first poetry publication (also in Relief, ironically)
Published by Sarah M. Wells
Sarah M. Wells is an award-winning author of seven books: To Say One Million Times, WOW: Essays on Awe, Faith, and Family from America's Great Outdoors (and Some Hotel Rooms) - forthcoming in 2026, Ordinary Time: Meditations from the In-Between (2024), The Family Bible Devotional: Stories from the Gospels to Help Kids and Parents Love God and Love Others (2022), American Honey: A Field Guide to Resisting Temptation (2021), Between the Heron and the Moss (2020), The Family Bible Devotional: Stories from the Bible to Help Kids and Parents Engage and Love Scripture (2018), and Pruning Burning Bushes (2012). Sarah's work has been honored with four Pushcart Prize nominations, and her essays have appeared in the notable essays list in the Best American Essays 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018.
Sarah is the recipient of a 2018 Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council. She resides in Ashland, Ohio with her husband and three children.
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