Author Archives: Andrea R Huelsenbeck

About Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Andrea R Huelsenbeck is a wife, a mother of five 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 young adult mystical fantasy novel and a mystery.

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

Posted on September 22, 2017

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

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

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
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10 Best Blogs for Beauty and Inspiration

Posted on July 28, 2017

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

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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How I Learned to Love Geometry…by ARHuelsenbeck

Posted on May 26, 2017

I met Deedee in Girl Scouts. She went to public school, I went to parochial school. Our paths would never have crossed in elementary school were it not for Scouts. What I remember most about Deedee from those early years … Continue reading →

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