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The Two Words Arlo Kept
After a stroke takes most of Arlo's words, Bernice resents the two he gives to everyone else. A tender Thanksgiving story about gratitude in a hard season.
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The Christmas Tablecloth With One Place Saved
For sixty-four Christmases, Grandma Roz kept one spot on her signed tablecloth empty. This year, she finally handed her granddaughter the pencil.
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The Hitchhiker Who Came to Sunday Dinner
A Christian short story: a widowed Kansas farmer keeps a place at Sunday dinner for whoever God sends, until a soaked hitchhiker takes the seat.
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