ARTICLES BY COLLEEN CHAO

Author: Colleen Elisabeth Chao

Author: Colleen Elisabeth Chao

Henry’s story

  It was the year Winston Churchill became British minister, Albert Einstein unveiled his theory of relativity, and Babe Ruth made homerun history. And while

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Beauty

Life comes in seasons

If we could sit on a sunny patio and chat leisurely over iced coffees tomorrow, I’d want to ask you, “What’s the best part and

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Grief

An airplane and a cave

It was the last place on earth I wanted to be. I’d always loved flying, but this airplane, with all my worldly belongings crammed into

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Grief

The day Death died

I walked reverently between gravestones, mindful that the soil under my feet was rich with history. My eyes scanned epitaphs while my heart filled in

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Grief

Moriah {How Abraham worshiped}

He was old when the promise came, and it pierced through a lifetime of hope deferred. It was an unreasonable promise, laughable at best. (Both

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Admire

As a new year dawns….

For years I religiously observed a late-December ritual of journaling my hopes and goals for the New Year. It was an ambitious, idealistic list, but

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Community

A man like Roy

He stole through the church doors, long, lanky, and strong of stench. His bony limbs were swallowed in oversized tweed, his hair a matted mess

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Author: Colleen Elisabeth Chao