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“Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter.” – Isaiah 64:8
This blog post contains a story that started well before I was born. When my mother was in seminary in Louisville, (Yes, for those who do not know I am indeed a preacher’s kid) she met a friend who would become a lifelong friend. Years later, this lifelong friend would provide a sort of safe haven, a place of renewal to her good friend’s child (me). This friend, Ann Laird Jones, would give Jordan a gift early on that she would not recognize to be a gift until Jordan was in her 20’s.
To this day, Ann Laird Jones is one of the most loving, affirming, and selfless people I have ever had the privilege of knowing.
You see, every summer my family vacations in the mountains of Western North Carolina, at…
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