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Just to Be… is a Blessing…
Dear Reader: I think the quote above is an excellent one. Before we start out in the morning we should be at peace with our Creator…stopping to accept and acknowledge His blessings throughout the day...
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” I Know What I Have Given You. I Do Not Know What You Have Received”
Dear Reader: All teachers understand the quote “I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received.” (Antonio Porchia) We can all put it out there but how it is received depends on the...
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The Beauty of Being the Most Special “Nobody”
Dear Reader: Don’t you just love it when you come across a poem, anecdote, piece of art, lyrics to a song, or article that makes you stop and start nodding your head vigorously….thinking to...
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Prayer is the Most Loving Way to Show You Care
Dear Reader: I remember reading in a Mother’s Day article one year that a mother’s prayer takes precedence over all others…because God understands mothers’ prayers for their children so well. These...
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Remaining Soft in a Hard World…
Dear Reader: I think the secret to living a successful life is to figure out how to remain “soft” and caring in a hard world. Haven’t we all seen people we know and care for change as a result …...
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Sharing Aunt Mary’s Story…
Dear Reader: Brooke emailed me a powerful story that her son, Riley, received from his Aunt Mary and forwarded on to her. Aunt Mary wanted to share it with her special friends and family. She saw and...
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The Orange and the Choice of Life
Dear Reader: Over the years since I have been writing this blog (August/2010) I can remember telling at least three different “orange” stories. We have all heard or (used ourselves) the expression...
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Remembering the Lost Art of “Moodling”
Dear Reader: I was reading some article in a magazine on “The home as a hobby” the other day and realized that this is what my home is becoming…along with the garden…a treasured hobby. The article...
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An Unknown Story from the Tomb of the Unknowns…
Dear Reader: If you notice several typos in today’s blog…it is because I am having some trouble typing with my left hand. I have lymphpeda in my left hand up to the top of my arm and am bandaged from...
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Our Hidden Talents…
Dear Reader: I remember every year when the Parable of the Talents sermon came around Ben, David, and I braced ourselves for the same lament from mother on the way home from church. It went...
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“Are You for Real?”
Dear Reader: Jo Dufford made a comment about yesterday’s blog (“Hidden Talents”) that provided me an “aha” moment and I would like to share it with you: I don’t recall the story about Annie Sullivan...
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Awesome Autumn…The Hush Before Winter
Dear Reader: I have to admit, despite my whining about the amount of time involved in physical therapy three times a week, the drive up Highway 61 is breathtakingly beautiful this time of the...
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Just a Thought…or Two
Dear Reader: As thoughts have flickered in and our of my consciousness the past few days…two thoughts have settled in around (1) a poem Brooke sent me and (2) a short but powerful anecdote found...
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Remembering to Breathe…
Dear Reader: Along with my physical therapy I have two pages of daily exercises to do with my fingers, hand, and arm… at home between visits. As I read through each of them, initially, and then...
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The Art of Pacing Oneself Through Life…
Dear Reader: Along with “mature youth” the busyness of my life has slowed down quite considerably these days because I have consciously made the decision to do so. Many years ago, while sitting...
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The Mystery of Falling Leaves…
Dear Reader: Yesterday’s drive down Highway 61 to Roper St. Francis was a hoot…a real “leaf hanger.” It was about 8:30 a.m. when I started out…it was gray and misty…with an occasional whisper of a...
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Closing In…
Dear Reader: Like the leaf I found wedged between my windshield and car mirror (yesterday at the gas station) struggling to ‘hang on’, I, too, found myself in a similar situation last Wednesday in...
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When to ‘Cut Our Loss’ and Keep Moving A’head
Dear Reader: Rutledge has had to ‘cut his loss” too….or in this case his ‘locks.’ As you can tell it was just as stressful for him as it was for John and me with the blog this past week. (First...
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“And I Would Walk 500 Miles”…
Dear Reader: I think we will get the last laugh with using different friends’ original artworks (instead of some old internet photo) because this painting of fall by my friend-in-law, Joan Turner,...
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“You First”…Growing Up Into Gratitude
Dear Reader: Joan texted me yesterday (with the title photo she took of this leaf)….letting me know that Eva Cate found this gorgeous leaf in downtown Huntsville…and that it is….just beautiful! A...
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