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The Right Place to Be At the Right Time
Dear Reader: Sometimes when we are at our wit’s end…I think God looks down and decides we have had enough…time for a little divine intervention. This was what happened yesterday morning…as a result of...
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“God, Help me Get Out of My Own Way”
Dear Reader: As 2016 winds down and I take some time to reflect back on it…the year can probably be best summed up in one word: CHANGE. And since life is constantly changing…I could just as easily...
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“Hop” to it, Luck Waits on No Man…nor Woman!
Dear Reader: The other night when I went to Anne’s for supper this attractive bowl with the beautifully vibrant “greens,” overflowing from its sides, caught my attention and I snapped this photo. I...
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Page 1 of 365…Happy New Year!
Dear Reader: Actually TODAY is the first blank page of a 365 page book…Write a good one! (Just added a little more stress to your calendar year!) At the end of our lives… we realize we are all...
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The Hug
Dear Reader: Yesterday I caught only a small portion of one of my favorite shows during the week, CBS Sunday Morning, and later I felt like I was supposed to see this special segment. The power of one...
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Let’s Start Seeing the World With a Different Perspectve
Dear Reader: You might remember that I have talked earlier about my “obsession” with security that keeps me in a worry condition way too much of the time. It is like I feel if I let go of the reins...
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“It is Who We Become that Changes the World, and not What We Do”
Dear Reader: When today’s article popped up on my screen yesterday I stopped after reading it and suddenly remembered the book Anne loaned me years ago, The Alchemist, which changed my way of...
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Solitude is the Soul’s Holiday
Dear Reader: I do like playing in the dirt and have missed it the past few weeks with the craziness of the holidays and the “elevator” weather that has swung back and forth, like a pendulum throughout...
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“That’s My Onion”
Dear Reader: I sure do love onions…anyway you cook them…I love them. I met Anne and Mary for hamburgers at Oscars yesterday to kick off 2017 in our traditional way….hamburgers and french fries…the day...
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God is Larger than Time
Dear Reader: Michele Robertson sent me some sample scriptures of miracles God performed for His people, even His own Son… yet there were still disbelievers among the receivers. Some people never see...
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Being Happy Never Goes Out of Style
Dear Reader: Yesterday was a day when I had to make a decision…be disappointed in the timing of rain and freezing temps producing only a cold, wet Saturday morning for us or find things to be happy...
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“Impossible” is a Word that Doesn’t Stand the Test of Time
Dear Reader: Have you ever considered the idea that nothing is possible without faith in things we can’t see but feel? If we just picked up the Bible and started reading it from front to back with no...
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Guardian Angels Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Dear Reader: We have talked many times about guardian angels and how they appear most times as just another face in a crowd of many…who tells you something you need to hear or warns you about...
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It Started with a Little Orange Ball
Dear Reader: For the past 24 hours I have been like a woman obsessed…I watched ESPN until 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, woke up at 8:00 to pick up copies of the Post& Courier for memory keepsakes for...
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An Early “Secret” Christmas Gift…
Dear Reader: Something happened today to me that has never happened in the entire twenty-something (or is it thirty-something) years I have been telling a Christmas story at the Christmas Eve service....
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ONE
Dear Reader: When you think about it…we each have one story, one life, that is subject to change, in not only a moment’s notice, but in one second of time on earth. One is a number that signifies the...
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Finding Harmony in Ourselves…
Dear Reader: I came across another Steve Hartman true story that hit home with me…not the plot of the story necessarily…but simply the essence of it. A wedding gift that made one couple re-think their...
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“Absolutely No Admittance”
Dear Reader: Yesterday Jo Dufford referenced the book One Perfect Word by popular author, Debbie Macomber. The idea behind this theme was to choose one word that would be your lantern, your mantra, to...
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Realization of Life’s Best Moments Through a Generation
Dear Reader: Putting a generation between you and your grandchildren produces miraculous changes in one’s perception of the precious moments of childhood… lost on parents living in the “Hurry Up, We...
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The Lost Art of Listening
Dear Reader: For all the thirty plus years I taught in the classroom and made presentations I was always aware of the number of participants not really listening…even when they pretended to hear. For...
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