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A “Bill” of Love and Destiny…
Dear Reader: Haven’t we all, at one time or another, found an one dollar bill and noticed someone’s name on it. I am quite a romantic and always want to find out who the person is that belongs on the...
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“Let’s Go Fly a Kite”
Dear Reader: Guess who finally saw Saving Mr. Banks?…The movie is about the emotional struggle between Mary Poppin’s author and Walt Disney’s persistence in turning her book series into a movie. I...
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When Change Arrives for a Purpose…To Change Us
Dear Reader: I still remember the day when the word “cancer” became a noun associated with me…as in Becky has been diagnosed with cancer…I had more trouble with the word than the disease initially. I...
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Feeling Miserable? Think Bigger…
Dear Reader: I just finished re-reading an excerpt from one of Mark Nepo’s books and it made pause and think a little differently about being miserable. From time to time all of us feel pretty...
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Hands of Support
Dear Reader: Saturday while dining at the beautiful Middleton Inn restaurant I had a chance to wander around and look out on the cold winter setting. Even now, in the “dead” of winter it is beautiful...
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Experiencing Life…Not Just Managing It
Dear Reader: When I read this line from one of Mark Nepo’s books…I stopped and re-read it again. “In these fast-paced times, the exquisite risk facing each of us every day is to slow down and “still...
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Evans’ Light…Expect the Unexpected!
Dear Reader: We have spent a lot of time talking recently about the influence of “teachers, guides, mentors, guardian angels” and yes...former students…..all types of help arriving just when we need...
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Tornadoes, Ice Storms, and Flying Quilts….
Dear Reader: When I came across this most unlikely story of a lost object surviving a tornado and ice storm….I knew we had hit the jackpot. Especially since several of you blog readers are also...
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Want to Get Happy? Give of Yourself…
Dear Reader: This year I sent out a New Year’s Card for each of my children (and their special soul mate)….I told them that on January 31 I wanted to share some acts of kindness (starting with our...
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The Hidden Gift in Each of Us
Dear Reader: Many years ago…Mandy gave me this whimsical little “Welcome” angel which I have kept on my hearth for as long as I can remember. She knows how much I love simple, folklore artwork. When...
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Shards of Light….Shards of Joy
Dear Reader: If you have ever been witness to a sunrise peeking over the horizon….one that simply “implodes” the land with so many particles and shards of light, beauty, and joy that you find yourself...
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“You Are My Sunshine”
Dear Reader: I don’t think there was anyone happier than myself when the sunshine finally began peeking through the fog yesterday morning. Lucy, who had been indoors at the neighbors for the last few...
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Crazy In Love With God
Dear Reader: Have you ever considered sending a Valentine card to God…or if not sending, simply writing a message on a Valentine card to God. Probably not….because we tend to think of God as...
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STILL…Crazy in Love With God
Dear Reader: Wow! I think I hit a nerve…or some hearts and souls…because comments and emails concerning yesterday’s blog started pouring in early in the morning and continued throughout the day and...
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The Importance of a Second Language…God’s Language
Dear Reader: In a recent book I was reading…the author spoke of how the increasingly popular Jesus began to draw larger and larger crowds throughout His ministry. Some of the gatherers were sincere...
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The Blessing is in the Seed
Dear Reader: The last time I went to St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope I took a small notebook and began copying quotes and verses from other visitors who had come before and left a bit of themselves behind...
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Be Gentle With Yourself
Dear Reader: Have you ever considered that life is like a scavenger hunt….the most successful lives (as defined by helping others and living in joy) are the ones who find the next “clue” ….the next...
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Looking at Life Through a Faerie Garden
Dear Reader: Doodle called Friday night and asked if I would like to join the Dingle girls at the tea room Saturday. We were having a pre-Valentines get-together. I loved it. Everything was all...
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Planting a Fruit of the Spirit Tree
Dear Reader: After church yesterday I met a friend for lunch and afterwards we decided to go the Tractor and Supply store in Sangaree. Outside the store were dozens of fruit trees for the planting….a...
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What Are You Grateful For Today?….
Dear Reader: Ambika…you came right to mind when I read this true story with a new twist about a flea market experience…because it took place in Dubai. I loved this idea! I think you will too! Dubai...
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