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Kristy Wacek

May 7, 2019

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Articles by Global Women Parenting

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A Parent’s Language Lament

Written by Chris Hunter We stood outside the barber shop, discussing my son’s upcoming hair cut. Questions asked, advice given. Finally ready, we braved the shop. Everything went smoothly, and the haircut was acceptable to all. You may be surprised to learn who was asking for advice. I had...

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Kristy Wacek

April 16, 2019

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Drawing From a Dry Well

Silence. Solitude. Rest. Renewal. These words have begun to feel almost as foreign to me as the lists of new vocabulary I review every week as part of my ongoing language learning. Without knowing it, I seem to have left these things behind when we made our move into...

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Kristy Wacek

April 9, 2019

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Compelled

It was two o’clock in the afternoon. As I sat sipping my Irish cream latte, I noticed the African and Middle-Eastern men gathering in front of the café. It is a daily ritual: the men gather outside no matter what the weather, drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, and slap each...

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Kristy Wacek

April 2, 2019

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Articles by Global Women Relationships

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An Optimistic Yankee in a Gloomy Court

Mela is a Christian psychologist in Poland, where I live.She recently led a workshop about depression and at the end admitted, “If we judged by the descriptors in American books on the subject, we would say that most Poles are depressed most of the time.” Boy, have I noticed!...

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