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“Where’s Waldo?”“Where’s Matthew”?
Dear Reader: Do you remember the “Where’s Waldo” series where you had to look through big pages of detailed pictures to find Waldo? It gave me the idea of putting famous explorers, or inventors, or...
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Around the Bend
Dear Reader: We are heading home….on the way up Thursday afternoon… as we got closer and closer to the mountains there was a sense of thrilling anticipation to see the next beautiful scene awaiting us...
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The Shadows of Matthew
Dear Reader: Sunday night, as I sat in the dark, I got very creative with shadow games to keep my mind occupied. I put my one, trusted tiny flashlight, against the table (silver) pumpkins by accident...
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Pink “Sustainers”
Dear Reader: Doodle sent me a text with this picture of me and Harriett Edwards (and Brenda to the left…somehow every year we always end up together…the three amigos) on the front cover of the special...
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The Wonders of the World…
Dear Reader: After showing you Harriett’s gorgeous pink and white striped symbol of life after breast cancer yesterday…I went out in the back yard and glanced over at the Confederate Rose. Instead of...
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The Race for the Cure is Really a Walk in Faith
Dear Reader: While many of you are still sleeping Doodle, Lassie, and I are meeting at 6:00 this morning to head to Daniel Island. We always leave early and manage to usually get a good parking...
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Eight Beads
Dear Reader: We were “THIRTEEN STRONG” yesterday on the most beautiful Fall day we have ever experienced with the Race for the Cure! …And because of your generous donations we will beat the past...
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Become the Person You Needed When You Were Young
Dear Reader: I wonder now, when I take time to reflect back on my life, if one of the major purposes of our existence is to get to the place where we finally do emerge from our cocooned youth and...
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Fall Messages of Faith
Dear Reader: When I came across this little picture message it really made me pause for a moment. “What if trees really did refuse to let go of their dying leaves?” It reminded me of the little story...
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Extending Love Through Extended Families
Dear Reader: Yesterday I kept Rutledge for part of the day while dad slept getting ready for his night shift and mom met some of her children speech therapy clients. From Walsh and Mollie’s house I...
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Unexpected “Webbed” Garden Dark Secrets
Dear Reader: Has anybody else, besides me, suddenly realized that outside yard/garden work is turning into the same dull routine as dreaded housework these days? I used to always say that I loved...
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There’s Worse Things than Spiders Webs…Guess What?
Dear Reader: What a difference a day makes…Wednesday I spent fleeing from spider webs and Thursday morning I got a diagnosis from Dr. Montoya (actually her student intern) that I was not expecting....
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Keep Exercising…Your “Personal Coach” is Watching!
Dear Reader: Isn’t it wonderful when everyone has “his or her day” every now and then…a time for them to shine? Making the transition from kindergarten to public first grade has been a real...
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We Are Everything We Experience… so Choose Wisely!
Dear Reader: When I come across a whimsical, fantasy of a place in a painting that captures my imagination I really desire to crawl into it and like Alice Through The Looking Glass follow the path...
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Monday Meanderings and Musings on Mosquitoes, Mystery, and Magic
Dear Reader: Now this is what I get for cleaning out old suitcases a couple of weeks ago…emptying out chewing gum wrappers and tissue paper. I must have opened the suitcase I took to Ireland two...
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Free Will and God’s “Suggestions”
Dear Reader: Every day I get to see the “Legend of the Confederate Rose” replayed, like in an outdoor drama, for a private audience…me! You might remember the story (in a nutshell it went like this):...
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Falling in Love with Fall All Over Again
Dear Reader: Have you ever just been going along in life…living it pretty normally and then suddenly you are filled with such happiness and peace that it is momentarily overwhelming? This doesn’t...
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Pick One: Gratitude or Ingratitude: They Don’t Co-Exist Together in Your Life!
Dear Reader: I caught part of a discussion going on about gratitude and ingratitude within a discussion panel on one of the Hallmark Channels. A young woman was re-telling a story her granddaddy told...
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Do More of What Makes You Happy!
Dear Reader: If I could find the perfect job right now, that would make me the happiest, it would be surprising someone with a little “surcie” for being themselves…caring, wonderful people. Now that...
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Dreams of “Pink Tails”…They Do Come True!
Dear Reader: This year for Halloween I had a sort of pink “epiphany.” With the grandchildren so into super heroes….what about Boo Boo dressing up as a super hero who takes on the most dreaded,...
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