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I am Lucinda Fern, but I’ve always
and forever just been Luci. Wife
of Dan– farmer, pastor, sawyer.
Mom of six, ages 5 to 17. We live
in a yellow house with three green
doors on a northern Alberta ridge
with a view that almost doesn’t
end. We travel, garden, sing, sell
beef, and clean up lots of mud
and sawdust. I think and dream
too much. I’m partial to children’s
artwork,
coral
zinnias,
and
moments of quiet. Learning to be
more like Jesus is my life goal. I
blog sporadically at:
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www.ThreeGreenDoors.wordpress.com
They say we write best about what we
know, the things we are passionate
about.
While I know Alberta
chinooks and growing peas and wet
mittens and small churches, you
might know okra and classical music
and decorating with burlap and
vacationing in Switzerland.
But one thing we all know is people
and relationships.
People and their stories are so interesting.
Whether we are introverts or extroverts,
making others feel comfortable with
being who they are and able to talk about
themselves is something we can all improve
in. It really doesn’t matter what age or stage
of life we’re in.
My parents are models of impartiality and
magnanimity. Growing up, they pounded
into our brains that you NEVER make
fun of someone for how they look or what
they eat or how they speak. All people
were worthy of respect and there were no
caste distinctions or levels or partialities
in how we related to guests in our home
or newcomers to church or the neighbors
next door.
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Added to that training was the kind of
encompassing friendships that b