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1st Grader Picks Out Green Dress for Picture Day—The Results Leave Mom Cry-Laughing

“This is the story of a little girl’s love of a green dress, a mother who tries to instill independence, and how those two things came together in the most epic and brilliant combination possible."

Student’s Humble Plea to Teacher at the Bottom of His Test Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons

"This note gave me so much hope. Let us all be a little more like this young man!!"

Jen Russum

Jen Russum is a wife, college English professor and mom to two little girls. She shares narratives of grace on her blog.

I Gave My Body Away, And That’s OK

"To give away one’s body on behalf of another needy soul. No, I will never get my body back."