Category: Personal Essays

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  Cherishing Every Stage: What a Painting Taught Me About Fatherhood

  A painting that traces a girl’s life through a progression of shoes prompted Michael D. Young to reflect on a… Read more.

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  Creating Sing We Now of Christmas During a Difficult Season

  Michael D. Young reflects on completing Sing We Now of Christmas during unemployment and illness, and what the project taught… Read more.

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  Learning from 9/11: Heroes, Grief, and Hope

  Michael D. Young reflects on September 11, singing in The Tabernacle Choir’s tenth-anniversary special, and lessons about courage, grief, evil,… Read more.

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  Portrait of a Mother: Writing a Mother’s Day Story Across Stereotypes

  Michael D. Young reflects on writing the Mother’s Day story Portrait of a Mother, crossing gender stereotypes, and creating tenderness… Read more.

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  Welcoming Bryson: A Family Milestone from 2010

  A family record of learning that Bryson was coming, announcing the pregnancy with a Big Brother shirt, his November 2010… Read more.