In the early 1960s, a serious play accident meant that Jeanette Hardage’s eldest daughter was in danger of losing her right eye. After significant medical attention and time to heal, in December of 1961 the family Christmas letter reported that, despite pessimistic prognoses from the …
Read MoreOne of God’s Nobodies
Back in 2003, Jeanette Hardage started a train of thought that she never finished. She began an essay with, “I have long thought that somebody should write about God’s nobodies.” Contrasting them with Biblical “Somebodies” such as Moses, David, and Paul, she observed that Paul …
Read MoreEncounter with an Angel
Jeanette Hardage could sometimes be shy about sharing intimate details about herself. For instance, a couple of her most poignant poems disguise her involvement by describing an experience in the third person, using made-up people. Around 1998, she had an experience that she wanted to …
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