In his autobiography, the early 20th century Greek philosopher and writer, Nikos Kazantzakis, offers this poetic look into our souls.…
Heidi S. De JongeSeptember 17, 2021
Although my mom’s diagnosis in November of 2019 disoriented her (and all of us) and broke her heart (and all…
Heidi S. De JongeAugust 20, 2021
This is the third in a series of posts about my mom’s death from lung cancer in November of 2020. Click…
Heidi S. De JongeAugust 6, 2021
The time came on Monday night, November 2. Instead of moving Mom into her own bedroom, my siblings and I…
Heidi S. De JongeJuly 23, 2021
I return to The Twelve today with my first of four blogs about my mom’s death. Today, I write about…
Heidi S. De JongeJuly 9, 2021
Today is World Kindness Day. As I've been preparing to write this final blog before taking a year's break to…
Heidi S. De JongeNovember 13, 2019
Reading The Magician's Nephew last in The Chronicles of Narnia (just after The Last Battle) is a little like reading…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 30, 2019
Brother Steve Mathonnet-VanderWell's recent post on The Twelve, Slouching Toward Augustine, ignited some cognitive dissonance for me. (And cognitive dissonance…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 16, 2019
As regular readers of my Twelve contributions know, I read to my daughters every night from the diaries I kept…
Heidi S. De JongeOctober 2, 2019
