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Jennie Helderman

Author. Blogger. Activist.

Growing up in my family, you had to thread a worm onto a bream hook or tell stories. I can still do both.
I'm an author, blogger, speaker, and champion of women and children. Can tell my stories or help you tell yours.
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I Knew Her As Mother

December 4, 2015 1 Comment

Mother

The picture is of Kathleen Russell of Walnut Grove, Alabama, from the 1931 Glomerata of Auburn University. You might have known her as Kathleen Miller, married … [Read more...]

Friends by the Numbers, or Number One Friends

October 16, 2015 Leave a Comment

Friendship

Does anyone remember autograph books? The little albums young girls used to collect signatures of their friends, probably during junior high school? Or, did … [Read more...]

The Face of Courage–Kaitlin Roig at Sandy Hook

October 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

    Reindeer on rooftops, dreidels and candles, the magic and miracles--- these are the things of December, the traditions we treasure, the … [Read more...]

Prevent Deadly Selfies: Government Posts Warnings

September 30, 2015 Leave a Comment

selfie

Twice as many people have died this year shooting selfies than in attacks by sharks. The score to date is 12 to 6. Twelve people have leaned too far out … [Read more...]

On Being Blocked by Facebook

September 7, 2015 2 Comments

  Hell’s Canyon, where the Snake River cuts its path past boulders and mountains along the Oregon-Idaho border, is deeper, longer and more remote than the … [Read more...]

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Author Photo Jennie Miller Helderman is the author of As the Sycamore Grows, winner of six national nonfiction awards, speaker on domestic violence and women's issues, and freelance writer.

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  • Farewell Toaster Oven September 8, 2018
  • March for Our Lives—Atlanta March 24, 2018
  • Unveiling of Helen Keller Statue in U.S. Capitol—A Memory Post March 12, 2018

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