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A Pink Jar Full of Memories and Loveā¦
Dear Reader: Inside this jar scraps of paper and pictures (from past memories of family and friendsā participation in the Race for the Cure on Daniel Island) live on. A friend gave me this jar as a...
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Out of Scarcity Comes Abundance
Ā Dear Reader: When I think back on the number one way I have managed to throw away precious time from my lifeā¦ it would have to be worry over finances. And now (from this vantage point in life) I ā¦...
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āJust Peachyāā¦
Ā Dear Reader: When I came across this expression a few days agoā¦I had to laughā¦I remember it well as a popular expression back in the fifties and early sixtiesā¦before it slowly died out in popularity....
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A āBitā of a Little Storyā¦
Ā Dear Reader: If you were a teacher working in Dorchester Two for several years you might have seen one of these tiny āmagazinesā in your box at some point. I wish I could remember the year it...
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A āPieceā of a Little Story
Ā Dear Reader: While you read thisā¦I am at the beachā¦reading and relaxing with the Yaāsā¦I didnāt think I would even be able to communicateā¦the computer gremlins wouldnāt let me into my own post Sunday...
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Peace by the River
Ā Ā Dear Reader: I am leaving Edisto for the afternoon to tell some stories to a group of Berkeley book lovers and their book club today. It is being held at the Lewisfield Plantation located along the...
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āI Prayed for You Todayā
Ā Dear Reader: Havenāt you ever stopped while writing a sympathy card or note of encouragement and wonder about the powerful but still (sometimes) over-used expressionā¦āYou are in my thoughts and...
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āSeven-Elevenā
Ā Dear Reader: I am heading home todayā¦the wonderful retreat at āRest In Peaceā has done it again for me. We arrived on the 7th and leaving on the 11th! For me this retreat was a little bit more of ā¦...
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Playing Under the Palmetto ā¦
Ā Dear Reader: Isnāt this a whimsical, fun picture of our state palmetto tree? It is actually called (by the artist) a calmetto.ā¦using part of his name in the new descriptive nickname for our beloved...
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Adding āAttunementsā to the Garden
Ā Dear Reader: Every time I add anything to the gardenā¦it subtly changes Ā until one day I see the garden Ā in a whole new way. My early birthday was brought on by Jake and all his latest anticsā¦will he...
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We Are All Storiesā¦
Ā Dear Reader: When an Iroquois child was asked by a stranger what his name wasā¦he was taught to respond by replying āI am the story of myself.āĀ A most appropriate responseā¦ Think about thisā¦we all do...
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Joyful Whimsyā¦Every Day
Ā Dear Reader: Isnāt āwhimsyā one of those joyfully, colorfully ambiguous words that make you smile instantly? One never quite grasps entirely what it means but it is recognizable instantly. I can...
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Itās All About Trustā¦The Legend of the Moonflower
Ā Dear Reader: When we stop to think about itā¦there is not a single seed buried deep down in the groundā¦that would āconsciouslyā believe it could traverse through all kinds of obstaclesā¦roots and...
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Weeds or Wishes?
Dear Reader: Donāt you wish we would never lose our childish imagination that allows us to see ordinary weeds as wishes? Such is the case, of course, with dandelions. For most of us as mothers, aunts,...
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āIāve Got Thisāā¦
Dear Reader: I still remember the first time I got my first paycheck from teaching right here in Summerville at Alston Junior High (back then)ā¦I went home that weekendā¦(back to Laurens) and proudly...
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Finding the āFeelingā Words
Ā Dear Reader: Ever since I started my blogā¦I keep running into the same problem. The English language is very limited with āfeelingā wordsā¦.I find myself using the same tired old words like āloveā or...
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Messages Within Our Physical Vesselā¦
Ā Dear Reader: Ā The concept that āThe body is but a vessel for the soulā Ā has been taught to me since my early days in Sunday School. I used to always picture this theological idea much like the photo...
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āWe Are One Anotherā¦ā
Ā Dear Reader: Experiencing ālittle cā has afford me the opportunity to understand at a much deeper level that we are all connected togetherā¦we are all one under the sun. Ā As Williamson notes in her...
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Feeling āTime-Wornā Weary?
Ā Dear Reader: I once read that time is the most extravagant gift we will ever receive on earthā¦ and the secret to appreciating itā¦ is arriving at the final realization that time can only be...
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Fall Has Arrivedā¦
Ā Dear Reader: It is September 23ā¦the first āofficialā Fall Day after the equinox sneaked in around 10:30 last nightā¦ and after what has seemed like the never ending summerā¦ filled with rain and high...
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