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decide now who you’ll be november fourth

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 / April Kolman / Leave a comment

At the time of this writing, we are four days away from what many are calling the most important election in US history. I don’t know about that, but I think we can say with some certainty that it has been the most contentious of our lifetime. (I think many of us thought it couldn’t … Continue reading decide now who you’ll be november fourth

Yes, I’m Still a Christian

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 / April Kolman / Leave a comment

I had a dream last night that our fish died. There was an earthquake and apparently water had sloshed out of his tank and we didn’t notice until it was too late. In the dream, I was desperate to save Carl. That’s our fish. I was doing everything I could to get water to his … Continue reading Yes, I’m Still a Christian

Trying Hard to Earn What’s Free

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 / April Kolman / Leave a comment

I find myself in the middle of two writing challenges, so I’ve further challenged myself to combine the word prompts for each day into one piece. I figured the joke was on me when I saw today's combination of words-- REACH & STILLNESS, two words that don’t seem to have anything to do with each … Continue reading Trying Hard to Earn What’s Free

stop wrestling and surrender

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 / April Kolman / Leave a comment

God You don't need meBut somehow You want meOh, how You love meSomehow that frees meTo open my hands upAnd give You controlControl (Somehow You Want Me), Tenth Avenue North I’m a writer, but sometimes I feel like I’m also a wrestler. I wrestle with myself, I wrestle with God, I wrestle with the chatterbox … Continue reading stop wrestling and surrender

how do you measure a year in the life?

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 / April Kolman / Leave a comment

I was young when I first discovered and fell in love with musicals. My cousins still like to tease me about how I would always try to get them to watch State Fair or Oklahoma or one of my other favorites when we were kids. There was just something about them, they were just so... … Continue reading how do you measure a year in the life?

allow me to introduce myself…

June 7, 2019June 10, 2019 / April Kolman / Leave a comment

I’m 37 years old. Actually, 37 years, 10 months, and 4 days old. In 62 days I’ll be 38. And I think I’m finally starting to understand what my friends who are a little further ahead of me in this journey have been saying...

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