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“It Ended with a little Orange Ball”
Dear Reader: “What goes around does come around.” Last week, Wednesday, January 11, I wrote the story of how the Clemson victory came about as a “direct” result of three little orange balls that were...
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Saying Good-bye…
Dear Reader: Aren’t good-byes one of the hardest things we have to deal with in life? From the time we are infants until adulthood…saying good-bye to friends and family is a ritual most of us would...
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“Who Me? I’m Feeling Just Fine.”
Dear Reader: I admit that I am a chronic responder to the question “How are you feeling?” with the reply: “I am just fine.” (And 99.9% of the time I am telling the truth…as in “I am just fine”...
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Change Beats Out Comfortable…Every Time
Dear Reader: Ever since I retired and got off the tread mill of meetings and deadlines…I have grown quite comfortable in a leisurely-paced day. In fact I have probably grown too comfortable. I keep...
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Letting God be God
Dear Reader: Isn’t our entire life built around a power struggle with our Creator? We acknowledge Him as God but then we deliberately diminish His status by trying to role-play His place in our own...
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The Legend of the Pawley’s Island Shell
Dear Reader: Before I left to go to Pawley’s Island last Wednesday I worked diligently on the five extra blog posts needed to cover the five days I would be gone… based on our earlier decision to...
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Let me Introduce my new friend: Listening
Dear Reader: My “perfect” word for 2017, listening, is subtly making its presence known to me through random articles, quotes, conversations and personal encounters. Suddenly I am more aware of the...
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Homesickness…But for What and Where?
Dear Reader: When I came across these few lines of prose (below)….I stopped because I understood perfectly what the little boy is feeling and how hard it is to explain to others. After you read...
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A Penny from Heaven
Dear Reader: We have all heard the expression “Pennies from Heaven” and several years ago a little poem was written about where they come from and why we, randomly, are selected to find one. It goes...
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“The Only Difference Between an Extraordinary Life and an Ordinary One is the...
Dear Reader: How true the quotation title for this blog post is today! (“The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary...
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Another “Listening” Lesson
Dear Reader: Now that I have settled into the New Year with my “perfect” word listening…God is sending me all kinds of winks and clues where to go to get better at this important skill in my life. One...
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“The Best to You Each Morning”
Dear Reader: I realize now that I have been aware of God Winks a lot longer than I ever remembered. 1962 was a pivotal year of change and uncertainty in my life…actually somewhat resembling the way...
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“Oh, You Know Who I am Talking About?”…
Dear Reader: A conversation with a friend triggered an “AHA” moment recently. She was telling me that some retired friends of her, a couple, had gone to one of the auditoriums in Charleston to hear a...
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Boo’s Blessings…
Dear Reader: I had several ideas for today’s blog but I, soon, realized it was probably going to end up a “smorgasbord” of photos and ideas….so Boo’s Blessings should cover it all. Since this is the...
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It’s Time to Start “Moodling” Again
Dear Reader: One of my “old” blog posts written in ChapelofHopeStories (Part 1 2010-2014) popped up as I was looking for an old photo of someone from 2013. As I was idly going through old...
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Happiness Starts with Bubbles…
Dear Reader: I bought a lot of Christmas bubble night lights for the grandchildren and friends this holiday because these night lights hold so many fond memories for me from my childhood. * This...
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WordPlay
Dear Reader: In Debbie Macomber’s book: One Perfect Word she takes time, at the end of every few chapters, to share ideas on fun suggestions and/or ways to remind ourselves, on a daily basis, the...
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More Brave…Less Perfect
Dear Reader: My mother was very organized…looking back on my childhood, I realize now she had to be in order to keep our family life intact, since she was mothering alone,with only one hand. Outwardly...
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The Importance of Leaning In… to Listen
Dear Reader: As I continue my learning voyage into my 2017 perfect word “listen”…I realize that one of the most important and endearing gestures we can give each other …is the gift of simply leaning...
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