Author Archives: Andrea R Huelsenbeck

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About Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Andrea R Huelsenbeck is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a former elementary general music teacher. A freelance writer in the 1990s, her nonfiction articles and book reviews appeared in Raising Arizona Kids, Christian Library Journal, and other publications. She is currently working on a middle grades novel and a poetry collection.

How to Make It Through Christmas When You’re Depressed by ARHuelsenbeck

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Shortly after Carly, my first child, turned a year old, we discovered I was pregnant again. After the initial shock, Greg and I were delighted, looking forward to a new baby in January, and joking that we hoped he or … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving in the Woods

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Happy Thanksgiving to you from all of us at Doing Life Together.

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65 Things I Know Now That I’m 65

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck
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Review: The Story of With by Allen Arnold

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

This review first appeared on ARHtistic License. In January, I attended a writers’ mini-conference given by Christian Writers of the West. The guest speaker was Allen Arnold, former fiction editor for Thomas Nelson. He spoke at length about inspiration and creativity … Continue reading →

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Not by the Hair of my Chinny Chin Chin…by ARHuelsenbeck

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

When I was a little girl, our school nurse had a mole on her cheek with a hair growing out of it. I often wondered why she just didn’t pluck it out. Now it’s nearly sixty years later, and after … Continue reading →

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Remembering 9/11…by ARHuelsenbeck

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Two years ago I shared a journal entry I wrote a few days after the 9/11 attacks. Today, in honor of the sixteenth anniversary of the tragedy, I’d like to share a few more unedited entries from the following days. Please … Continue reading →

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The Joy of Childhood Poetry…by ARHuelsenbeck

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

This article first appeared on ARHtistic License. One of my earliest memories is of my mother reading Mother Goose books to me. I know that even as a little tot I had a large repertoire of rhymes that I could … Continue reading →

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Open Door

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck
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10 Best Blogs for Beauty and Inspiration

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I am so thankful for the readers of Doing Life Together. When we first started this blog in August of 2014, our goal was to share our lives with you, and possibly help you through difficult times with the benefit … Continue reading →

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Ten Quotes to Help You Accept Change…by ARHuelsenbeck

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

I hate change. When I like something, I want it to stay the same. Forever. J.D. Salinger, in The Catcher in the Rye, wrote: “Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick … Continue reading →

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