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Saying and Staying “Present”
Dear Reader: Staying “present” in the moment is probably one of the hardest things we humans can do…simply because our mind is usually somewhere out there in the future…with hypothetical goals and...
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Spring in Summerville…
Dear Reader: Most people, I imagine, think their home town is special and that is the way it should be. These days I think about this more than normally…especially this spring. When one starts truly...
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Never Lose Your Sense of Wonder!
Dear Reader: When the word “Nonsense” is used as an interjection…the meaning changes from meaningless language or behavior-(gobbledygook) to an expression of contradiction as in “Nonsense! The five...
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Palm Sunday…A “Cloak” and Dagger Mystery
Dear Reader: As a small child I remember liking Palm Sunday because we were finally allowed to do something in church besides sit still and be quiet…we could actually move something around and shout!...
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A New Horizon…
Dear Reader: A couple of years ago Bill Dingle told me about a poem that he loved and had recited at several funerals…it was one of his favorites. I remember being intrigued by the story line of the...
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A Moment to Pause…
Dear Reader: A “pause” moment Sunday for Eva Cate. John, Mandy, and I call it her “zoning out” time. I have noticed this in Eva Cate ever since she was a small baby. One minute she is gurgling or...
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“Hope Springs Eternal”…
Dear Reader: The other night on the evening news the dreaded announcement (I am sure for mid-westerners) was the weather report for more snow in the areas already hit with so much. The national news...
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We Are Human Beings…not Human Doings
Dear Reader: Today in our “action packed” lives it is so easy to equate “doing” with a successful life over “being.” And why not…we have all fallen victim to society’s expectations that if we aren’t...
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There’s Always…“Good Hope”
Dear Reader: Don’t we all have those teachers that we remember fondly when we think back to our school days…that made a real difference in our lives? And then there are the others…who taught us “future...
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Are We “Torn” About Our Veils?
Dear Reader: Recently I have come to realize that, like many people, I am guilty of skimming the middle parts of stories…because I am anxious to get to the ending. This is true of the “Easter...
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Easter…When Art Imitates Life…
Dear Reader: As I was re-reading the scriptures and articles on the events leading up to the crucifixion recently… centuries of various artists’ paintings began appearing within the articles- all...
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Smack in the Middle…Life’s Mysteries are Found
Dear Reader: Have you ever answered the phone to hear someone talking rapidly… while you (in the mean-time) are trying to figure out who it is, and then… what the gist of the conversation is all...
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Goals are Dreams with Deadlines…
Dear Reader: After teaching history for over three decades one starts to see all kinds of connections. For example, it dawned on me one day that even though famous explorers, inventors, and “game...
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“Snippets” of Conversations…to Learn From…
Dear Reader: During the Easter Sunday service…I think God must have been laughing with and at me….as I fumbled (badly) explaining Jesus and God to Eva Cate. I should have read Explaining God and Jesus...
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Frozen Moments Bring Memories…
Dear Reader: Guess where I was yesterday….Sullivans Island to “hang” with Jackson who is down with her family for spring break. As nice and warm as it was in Summerville (with hardly a breeze)…the...
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
Dear Reader: Doesn’t life leave you gulping for air sometimes? We are going along just fine on any given day and suddenly…we are overcome with emotion and find ourselves gulping and coming up for air....
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Have ‘Black and White Jacket’ Will Travel…
Dear Reader: I had to laugh at myself when Patty took this picture at Oscars yesterday of me holding two lovely gifts from her…because of the jacket. I have met friends from the past… all week… who...
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“Much Ado About Something…”
Dear Reader: Last night Doodle, Carrie, Mandy, and I went out to supper and then on to the Little Theater to see the Flowertown Players in the Shakespeare comedy “Much Ado About Nothing.” If we can...
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When Imagination Comes to Life…
Dear Reader: Haven’t we all heard that the process is more important than the product? As a teacher I “preached” this continuously. When we apply the metaphor of life to this train of thought it...
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“Sip and See”… Special Cups
Dear Reader: I came across an inspiring story about a magic cup that could talk and the story it told reminded me so much of Honey and her love of pottery. I called her and asked her if she had …...
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