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    Why Mothers Should Protect Their Babies
    shawnmariespry
    • May 8
    • 7 min

    Why Mothers Should Protect Their Babies

    Minutes after Isabella Marie Spry was born, Scott holds his fourth-born, September 2004 Some babies are adorable. Some, maybe not so...
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    Resurrection
    shawnmariespry
    • Apr 17
    • 2 min

    Resurrection

    Two thousand years ago, on the early dawn of the Day of Firstfruits, a Jewish carpenter-rabbi came back from the dead after having been nail
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    Exposed
    shawnmariespry
    • Mar 27
    • 7 min

    Exposed

    WARNING: This post contains disturbing graphic content. “Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them....
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    Puppy LOVE
    shawnmariespry
    • Feb 13
    • 7 min

    Puppy LOVE

    We are about to embark on an exciting new adventure. We three are absolutely smitten by this adorable new adventure. His name is Buck.
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    Blessed Assurance
    shawnmariespry
    • Jan 2
    • 9 min

    Blessed Assurance

    It has been a gradual transition, watching our four children launch into adulthood. Nine years ago as our first child prepared to leave...
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    Embrace
    shawnmariespry
    • Nov 21, 2021
    • 10 min

    Embrace

    Life can often be beautiful and rosy. Sometimes dull, lonely or exciting. And sometimes, due to reasons we can control and other times...
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    Abortion Story
    shawnmariespry
    • Oct 10, 2021
    • 13 min

    Abortion Story

    I was taken to a room that had three exam tables all lined up in a row. I was taken to the last one and asked to lie down...
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    Retrospective
    shawnmariespry
    • Sep 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    Retrospective

    Summer 2021 is now history. It was abundantly good. God is good. I am constantly in awe of his mercy and favor. The following photo essay...
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    T'shuva
    shawnmariespry
    • Sep 12, 2021
    • 4 min

    T'shuva

    "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him."
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    Growing Up
    shawnmariespry
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Growing Up

    Disenchantment really hit me hard when life wasn’t perfect after 8th grade. School isn’t easy, some people aren’t nice, seasonal . . .
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    Nostalgia
    shawnmariespry
    • Jul 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Nostalgia

    (Thank you to our dear daughter, Bailey June, for sharing her poetry.) For Jake Red. The color of your little boots, feet on the wrong...
    93 views1 comment
    Following Guiding Lights
    shawnmariespry
    • Jul 4, 2021
    • 16 min

    Following Guiding Lights

    Just as lighthouses guide ship and boat captains through rough waters, each of us needs to find guiding lights to help us navigate life.
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    A Letter to My Father
    shawnmariespry
    • Jun 20, 2021
    • 11 min

    A Letter to My Father

    Happy Father’s Day Dad, I love you. We all love you. This Father’s Day, hundreds of miles away, I will attempt to articulate exactly why...
    108 views2 comments
    Transformative
    shawnmariespry
    • May 9, 2021
    • 10 min

    Transformative

    Becoming a parent is pretty amazing, but mothers definitely have a unique perspective. Whether by adoption or by birth, becoming a mother...
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    Where, O Death, Is Your Sting?
    shawnmariespry
    • Apr 11, 2021
    • 7 min

    Where, O Death, Is Your Sting?

    This season of death has made the reality of the resurrection and the absolute necessity of a RISEN Savior all the more real to me. He IS...
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    Ridiculous
    shawnmariespry
    • Mar 14, 2021
    • 4 min

    Ridiculous

    When I was little I used to think that concrete roads were made of mashed, baked banana. How ridiculous is that?! I learned early on that...
    99 views1 comment
    Rescue
    shawnmariespry
    • Feb 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    Rescue

    Do not imagine that you in your comfortable life will escape the evil repercussions of a culture that kills their unwanted...
    43 views0 comments
    Keep On
    shawnmariespry
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 7 min

    Keep On

    “Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have...
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    Sanctify
    shawnmariespry
    • Jan 17, 2021
    • 5 min

    Sanctify

    Set apart. This is what "sanctify" means. From the very beginning, God set things apart. Light, darkness. Male, female. Six days, the . . .
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    Voices and Vows
    shawnmariespry
    • Jan 10, 2021
    • 7 min

    Voices and Vows

    The last time I wrote, in December, my dear husband was hospitalized for pneumonia, a complication of COVID-19. Days after he was...
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