LIFE, AS WE WROTE IT
The family journal.
It began with Stephen’s blog in 2005. Along the way, the family pulled up a chair. Here are our stories, thoughts, and everyday adventures, from newest to oldest.
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Dec 10, 2017 · Stephen Pasquini
The Decemberists
It was a nice quiet weekend spent with the family. We did what the US government wanted and predicted we would do. We shopped. We bought middle-class items…
Read the story : The DecemberistsNov 29, 2017 · Stephen Pasquini
Media Pollution
I remember a time when I went to bed without a smartphone. It was a quieter time, a less troubled time. Now it follows that I go wherever…
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Apr 3, 2014 · Stephen Pasquini
God put me here for a reason and He has a perfect plan for me
It’s an egotism of sorts to think that God planned out your life when there are billions of people on this planet, many living in horrific conditions.
Read the story : God put me here for a reason and He has a perfect plan for meApr 3, 2014 · Stephen Pasquini
The Moment I Lost My Faith
No one—and I mean no person, no matter how gifted in preaching—could convince me that a “kind and loving God” sits watching over us while allowing innocents to…
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Feb 22, 2014 · Stephen Pasquini
February 2014
As always I write here when it is late and I am trying to find the best way to set my mind at ease. I have been working…
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Jan 21, 2014 · Stephen Pasquini
The Undeserving Rich
Thank you Paul Krugman: That conservatives seem fixated on the notion that poverty is basically the result of character problems among the poor. This may once have had…
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Jan 15, 2014 · Stephen Pasquini
To This Day – What’s It Like To Be Young And Bullied?
Instructions for Overcoming
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Jan 1, 2014 · Duke Pasquini
My Day With Layla
I was thinking about my granddaughter, Layla, over Christmas and remembered a wonderful day she and I spent together last summer when I picked her up from Bible…
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Nov 10, 2013 · Stephen Pasquini
Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo to Las Terrenas by Bus
Many people pay a tremendous amount of money to get from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Las Terrenas on the beautiful Semana Peninsula either by cab or a…
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