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1 John 5:13

What the Fire Couldn’t Touch

March 10, 2026 / Laura Joy Palma / Leave a comment

Mama Marci mailed me a letter last week. It was in Joshua's fireproof lockbox—one of the things he chose to protect from everything that could destroy it. I didn't know it existed. He never told me he kept it.

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