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Getting Rid of the Weight of Our Own Making
” A river doesn’t hold all the water that passes through it” Dear Reader: Don’t we love to hold on to sentimental things? In many cases for too long. For years I have begged my adult ” children” to...
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Embracing Life Wide Open
Revealing Who We Are Dear Reader: I think I am not alone… when I find myself crossing my arms over my chest-it sends out a loud message-I am holding something in that I want to keep close to...
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The Importance of Remembering
Dear Reader: Yesterday Ben called me… more excited than I have heard him in a long time! It just made me so happy to hear him excited about anything- too many times his calls are fraught with...
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Living ” Time”… Not ” Killing Time”
Beautiful Entrance Into Tea Farm Dear Reader: Yesterday I woke up determined to get my flu shot. I decided that I would be Publix Pharmacy’s first customer… but to my unpleasant surprise the pharmacy...
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Becoming a Force of Nature
Keep Pushing for New Discoveries Dear Reader: I caught the last part of a Christmas show on Hallmark and some advice was being given to a young girl just starting out in entertainment-it sounded like...
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Finding the ” Soul” in Sports
Dear Reader: I have a strong suspicion that this particular college football season has tried many players, fans, and coaches’ souls across the country. And for me, personally, Clemson has certainly...
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” I Just Called to Say I Love You”
Long, Long Distance Dear Reader: When Stevie Wonder wrote, sang, and performed his mega hit -” I just called to say ” I love You” he had no way of knowing how the idea of calls to loved ones could...
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Friends, Faith and ” Souper” Serendipity
Dear Reader: This past weekend was a strange roller coaster ride of emotions. Thursday I went and got my flu shot-finishing up all my COVID-19 vaccinations and booster shots! I felt on top of the...
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Just Breathe
Dear Reader: If there was a lesson I learned from my experiences over this past weekend, it was stop jumping to conclusions before you get all the facts. Easier said than done… right? Momentarily bad...
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If the Universe is Inter-related, What About Time?
Dear Reader: Have you ever had one of those days when past, present, and future all appear to run together leaving you puzzled and exhausted by the end of it? Well guess what? You are in good...
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Turkey and Dressing- Monkey and Rice???
Living Life with Open Palms Dear Reader: Nepo tells us that so much more can happen in our lives with our hands open rather than gripping fists. He shares this ancient story from China. Traps were set...
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” Let There Be Light”
Dear Reader: Aren’t some of our first memories created around light? And aren’t the first words spoken by our Creator ” Let there be light!” Like moths we are consciously and unconsciously drawn to...
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” Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave…”
Dear Reader: Doesn’t it seem like, especially around holidays, that life speeds up and we start making a tangled mess out of everything trying to stay caught up with so much happening so fast? The...
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Jack Frost Nipping at Our Noses
Dear Reader: Today is the last transitional day before the cold weather comes drifting in tomorrow. ( So glad for Brookie and family for Ted’s funeral this morning! ) The first Frost of the season is...
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Once in a ” Blue Moon”
Dear Reader: On a cool foggy morning yesterday, Ted Parker, Brooke’s husband of 32 years was laid to rest. Thanksgiving Day is their anniversary. Ted’s service will always be memorable for the...
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It’s the Giving… Not Just Gathering
Dear Reader: To gather simply means to come together or assemble …which can be good …but haven’t we all seen too many gatherings recently from entertainment stampedes to terrorist invasions of...
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First Gratitude, Then Joy
Dear Reader: I fervently hope everyone is thinking about all the things and especially people who we are thankful and grateful for today! I showed you yesterday a grandchild ( Eva Cate) turkey she...
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The Day After Thanksgiving and Still Thankful
Dear Reader: Some WiFi problems but here are some pictures from Thanksgiving in the mountains! So until tomorrow… May we all be thankful for life , family, and friends! So thankful!!! Today is my...
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Baby It’s Cold Outside
Dear Reader: Yesterday we witnessed a little miracle of nature but it will have to wait until all the photos come through and I get home-nature never ceases to amaze me. *** ( It just came...
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Chasing Waterfalls-the Good Kind
Dear Reader: Yesterday was nature day… a most beautiful one! Tommy, Kaitlyn and little Pip and Atticus ( the dogs) and I went chasing waterfalls. The only treacherous part was holding on to the...
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