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A ” Surcie” Kind of Day
Dear Reader: I did it! After much agonizing mental indecision I did what I knew was financially sound – emotionally tough …but smart in the big picture. I took my Uncle Sam tax refund and an insurance...
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Becoming a Creature of God…
Dear Reader: C.S. Lewis once wrote about the choices we each make in this life and how important the acceptance of ourselves being a creature of God is in relation to all God’s other creations. ” To...
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Love is the Greatest Adventure…
Dear Reader: Yesterday readers…I left you re-telling and celebrating a good book ( Gentleman in Moscow) and raving about the new horizons of thought about life, in all its beauty and destruction, his...
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When Life is a Mystical Choice…
Old Tree …Reading Books Dear Reader: When I, coincidentally, came across this artwork with its simple title.. I had to grin and admit… it was certainly symbolic of me! I am that old tree …reading...
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Never Forget the Most Important Ingredient to Top Off Grit and Grace… GRATITUDE!
Dear Reader: To this day… I can’t hear the word “Grit” without picturing John Wayne in my favorite movie of his… True Grit. Quote from the dialogue: ” You must pay for everything in this world one way...
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The Dual Faces of Feeling Indebted…
Dear Reader: I had an opportunity over the weekend to feel the two sides of ” indebtedness ” or feeling ” indebted.” Haven’t we experienced,throughout our lives, the opportunity to thank people by...
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As the Seasons Change… So Do We…
Dear Reader. The other day as I was reading a story… a person was being interrogated about an incident in the past… as a witness, she puzzled over all the questions and finally looked directly at the...
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It’s All in the Tone and Expression… REALLY!
Dear Reader: Did you know there are three different ways to use the word REALLY? And you kinda have to be there to hear the voice tone and/ or see the expression to identify each. 1) In actual fact…...
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” YOU GOT THIS”… Never Works Alone
Dear Reader: I admit this quick little response to others’ problems seems like an easy quick-fix… just pump some confidence into your spouse, child, grandchild, relative, friend, or stranger! Usually...
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Fools, Jokes, Hoaxes… and Rabbits!
Dear Reader: April 1 always has a dual meaning… yelling “Rabbit Rabbit” for good luck while possibly sending or being sent on fools’ errands. Throw in some added hoaxes… and April 1 can keep one...
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Stop the Race… Just Breathe!
Dear Reader: Don’t we all get to different benchmarks in our lives… and wish we could drop out of our daily race … that seems suddenly too repetitive and too demanding of our precious time called...
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When Our Story Is Revealed Backwards…
Dear Reader: The Great Hall is filled with eleven individual tapestries of Denmark’s history ( over a thousand years/from the Vikings to present day.) Since first hearing this quote while visiting...
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Starry Starry Night … Do You Read Me?
Dear Reader: Like all children… I still remember the mind-boggling sensation of looking up at the stars at night and listening to the stories man has written across the universe since the beginning of...
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Unexpected Treasures at Home …
Dear Reader: I have discovered over the years that I am the best treasure hider in the world. I put something I love in a ” secure” location like a specified drawer or cabinet… only to discover ( at a...
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Be Present… Not Perfect
Dear Reader: How many times over a lifetime have we felt reluctant to attend some type of a gathering for many diversified reasons…. Perhaps we’re afraid of being dressed inappropriately, not looking...
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Don’t Leave Life… Without It…
From Nativity to Nativity Dear Reader: As I reassembled the Easter Tomb scene that I ordered last year… I realized that in the big picture Jesus’ beginning and ending had come, like life, full circle....
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Look Inward … for the Answers
Dear Reader: Haven’t storytellers, from the beginning of time… recognized a central theme that is still played over and over again today in almost every Disney children’s production. And that theme...
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” Rabbit! Rabbit!” It’s Resurrection Day!
Dear Reader: The title picture today just made me smile… bringing the Easter Bunny and the Risen Christ together on this most miraculous of days. Immediately it reminded me of my favorite children’s...
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What A Memorable and Blessed Easter
Dear Reader: Whew! This Easter Family Gathering was one for the memories… preceding …the Easter luncheon. Plans were made weeks ago and then un-made due to Mother Nature and most recently a bizarre...
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Moonlight and Roses
Dear Reader: Easter night I had a ” Lost” dream that seemed to go on eternally! I was a teacher going down a long, winding hall to find my classroom… I could hear young voices… my students I assumed...
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