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Erin Mason
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Adoption: Growing Grace
Part 3 Growing Grace is a tender story about adoption from the perspective of a girl (almost a grown up, but not quite) who discovers she...
Erin Mason
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Happy Day to Mothers and Others
“Are you a mother?” asked the grocery store clerk at the check-out counter. “Are these roses for your mother?” she went on to inquire.
Erin Mason
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READY, SET… LET GO!
A red balloon drifting up and away. A dry, golden leaf falling from a tree. A glittery trapeze artist high above a crowd preparing to releas
Erin Mason
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Adoption: The Eight Letter Word
ADOPTION: the eight letter word that most people seem to have an opinion about, yet very few truly understand.
Erin Mason
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Adoption: The Quiet Voice
It’s never been a secret, really. I didn’t hide it. I have always been open and willing to talk about it. Not necessarily something I advert
Erin Mason
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Adoption: Helping Children Discover Their Story
My first job when I moved to Los Angeles in the year 2000, was working at a residential facility for primarily pregnant and parenting teenag
Erin Mason
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The Powers of Storytelling
When I was a little girl, I was a storyteller, able to weave tales together like a master. I would try to convince others my stories
Erin Mason
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Mother’s Day: A “Tricky Conundrum”
The annual reminder to honor, celebrate, and appreciate the women who raised us is often times countered with an emotionally complex tsunami
Erin Mason
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Women: Voices and Choices
Saturday, January 21, 2017 was an incredibly powerful day for women. Regardless of where we stand on the political spectrum, it was a moment
Erin Mason
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The Multiple Meanings of Mother’s Day
It is presented as a day of recognition and appreciation for the marvelous relationship between mother and child.
Erin Mason
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Love ~ All You Can
There is a tendency to want to differentiate the types of love based on who we love and how we love. C.S. Lewis wrote the book The Four Love
Erin Mason
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Counter-Steering Through Loss
Motorcycle riders call it counter-steering. When taking a turn, counter-steering is the process of pushing the handlebars in the opposite
Erin Mason
3 min read
To Be (mother) or Not To Be (mother)?
Where we begin to feel the division between us is in our parental status—whether or not we will go home to children at the end of our evenin
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