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The Author
A native of Southern California, Caroline Mertens moved to Colorado as a teen. She received her B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Colorado Christian University in Denver. Her grandmother’s immigration tales of adventure, love, pain, and redemption provided ample amounts of hope, grace, and literary inspiration for her debut, In Those Other Lands. … Read more >>
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Look skyward
The brevity of her presence is preeminent. Soon she will scatter, petals dashed in a western wind. She is a [...]
the way the light danced across your eyes
{I remember the way the light danced across your eyes in the sunlight and you lifted your face in laughter.} [...]
Listening with authenticity
One of the difficult tasks I face as an introverted educator has been learning how to navigate cynical, sarcastic, and [...]