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Prompt: Making Spirits Bright
Pen & Mend Journal Prompt (No. 76) On Finding Festivity for Weary Hearts in the Gray Dreariness of Winter
 • Kristin Vanderlip
If You’re Asking What You Made of This Year, You’re Not Alone
Words for the ones who need language for what they’re living through [plus, a very casual book announcement]
 • Kristin Vanderlip
Wintering with Grief
Five Things Helping Me Navigate & Honor the Sacredness of Loss and Life (In Memory of My Daughter)
 • Kristin Vanderlip
Nobody Wants This,* But What If I Do?
Confessions and Reflections On Art, Abandonment, and Return
 • Kristin Vanderlip
Prompt: Write The Questions
Pen & Mend Journal Prompt (No. 75) For the Years and Seasons That Ask Questions
 • Kristin Vanderlip
'Word by Word' Writing Workshop
A new space for writers craving inspiration, time to play with craft, and (re)discover the wonder of words
 • Kristin Vanderlip
Love That Never Leaves
A note and prompt for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
 • Kristin Vanderlip
The Mending
The Mending
Contemplative (sometimes confessional) essays and invitations exploring faith, creativity, and the art of healing a wounded heart.
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