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Tis’ the Season for Sparkles and Twinkles…
Dear Reader: Yesterday was the day when little girls’ dreams of sparkling came true. Mollie, Rutledge, Lachlan, and myself sat for two hours to see our Eloise prance and dance for two minutes and the...
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Falling for Christmas…
” X” Marks the Spot Dear Reader: The ” X” I placed on the bottom step ( in the title” picture) was deliberately put there for a photo moment … marking the spot where I fell Sunday night. Yikes! As...
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The History of the Sacred Pine
Dear Reader: The pine tree has played a major role in the history of Summerville… it is the core or heart of Summerville, the little town nestled in the pines. But long before the pine tree became...
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Christmas is not a ” MUST” but an ” US”
Dear Reader: I have begun to think that when I had my mishap Sunday Night ( Alright, alright… my sprawling embarrassing mis-step) time sped up … because I have lost it ( time, that it!) Did the...
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Become an Instigator for Christmas
Lo, How a Rose Ere’ Blooming Dear Reader: I turned to today’s meditation in Quinn Caldwell’s Book – All I Want for Christmas and it was about becoming an ” instigator “-today that term is so...
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A Christmas Godwink
Dear Reader: Many of you have read Squire Rushnell’s books on Godwinks… which he defines as an unexpected connection to someone you love, a mysterious pathway to a life-changing opportunity, an...
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Hark the Herald Angels Sing… NO Humming in the South!
Southern Album-… The Angels hum in the West and… in the East and… in the North. But in the South , why in the South, the ANGELS… THEY DO SING! AMEN! Dear Reader: From the day after Thanksgiving until...
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Spreading the Christmas Spirit from … St. Jude’s Chapel of Hope to India
The Spirit of Christmas Dear Reader: Yesterday I heard from Ambika Murthy ( now Dr. Ambika) and Christmas came early. I had been wondering what happened to Ambika because she came into my life so...
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The U.S. Capitol was Built on Holy Ground…
Dear Reader: Yesterday, with the conclusion of the January 6 Committee’s final public meeting … with recommendations for four criminal charges concerning the Capitol attack… being sent to the Justice...
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Fascinating Facts Behind White House Christmases…
The East Room /The White House 2022 Dear Reader: Honey left behind a bag full of Christmas gifts… they could fill the Twelve Days of Christmas … and then some. Amazing ” Elves” -Mike and Honey are...
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‘ Oh Summerville, Oh Summerville… How Lovely is Your Christmas…
Summerville, last Christmas got chosen as one of four small towns, in the country, for its Christmas Charm! Dear Reader: Exactly one year ago today… Summerville was spinning from all the excitement of...
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It’s Christmas…”Grab that Story”
Dear Reader: Yesterday morning was chilly and rainy… and I left the house after 8 in the morning for dropping off gifts, one last run to the grocery store, fill up with gas and give my ” weak” tire...
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Don’t Just Be Present For Christmas… Instead BE the Present
God’s Everyday ” Christmas ” Gifts to Me ( August 2019) Dear Reader: Can you believe it? We got here all intact…Christmas Eve! This year… instead of just giving a gift or present… why not be one? How?...
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Christmas is Love
Dear Reader: Changing roles and longtime traditions is always hard. Normally you Chapel of Hope readers would be reading the copy of the Christmas Eve story I told last night on this special...
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Making Memories of Christmas Blessings…Bless This Life…
This blessing of warmth was provided by logs given me by John and Mandy Softest blanket to sleep with…reminding me how blessed my life is… called a Prayer Blanket… by Kaitlyn and Tommy! Everyone was...
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A God ” Link”
Dear Reader: Yesterday, like hundreds and thousands of other post-Christmas families… the job of cleaning up and throwing out leftover boxes, wrapping paper, and other paraphernalia was the objective...
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” Everything will be Okay”…
Dear Reader: With the New Year growing closer and closer… don’t we all want reassurance that ” 23″ will improve upon ” 22″ ? That everything ( really) will be okay? Growing up… how many times in our...
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MERRY BIRTHMAS!
Dear Reader: I decided since today, December 29, is my ” baby’s’ ( Tommy) benchmark birthday … I would finally find a way to add a little humor to everybody whose December birthday falls around...
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My Weekend is All Booked…
Dear Reader: After all the diversity of celebrations, emotions, changes, interruptions, anticipations, problems, possibilities, disappointments, exhilarations… start slowing down… (if you are like me)...
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Festive Fatigue? Blame it on the Calendar!
Dear Reader: What is it about having the ” Holiday Eves” and then the holidays themselves on weekends …that affects our balance and sense of time? I feel lately like ” Time is NOT on my side… No, it’s...
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