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Pause Between Those 50,000 Thoughts Per Day
Dear Reader: I was shocked when I read the average person has anywhere from 50 to 70 thousand thoughts going through him or her on any given day!! What? How many? No wonder the biggest problem in...
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God Is not Finished with Me Yet
Dear Reader: After several days at Edisto Beach with food, fun, and laughter with the Ya’s, I have slowly but surely come down from all the wedding excitement that kept me in a perpetual state of...
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“Keep Your Heart Brave and Your Imagination Wild
Dear Reader: Last week…I stopped by Hallmark to pick up a Mother’s Day card and happened to glance at the bag they put the card in…the more I read the message on the front the more I liked it. “Keep...
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The ‘Bells of Ireland’ and the Luck of the Beach House
Dear Reader: We were surrounded by flowers during our stay at ‘Rest in Peace’ this time. Brooke had gotten several flower bouquets for Mother’s Day and the one from Henry was filled with white lilies...
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Dingle the Owl…Ending to a Fantasy Trip
Dear Reader: I almost blew a surprise for Kaitlyn for their last major stay in Ireland…a highlight at Ashford Castle. I didn’t realize that Tommy had signed Kaitlyn up (as well as himself) for the...
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Snippets of May Memories- 2017
Dear Reader: May has been such a kaleidoscope of changing patterns, colors, and events that I am still a little dizzy from it all and we still have a little over a week to go. If I had to pick one...
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The Bee and the Bloom
Dear Reader: I just got re-introduced to Mark Nepo again after years of losing him to the dusty attic of my personal memory box. I moved on to other writers and poets and time worked its enigmatic...
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Diving Beneath the Surface of Living
Dear Reader: Don’t we all have moments when we pause long enough to wonder if we are just ‘surfing the surface’ of life and missing out on the deeper spiritual wonders of the world…that are just...
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Widening the Different Angles of Life
Dear Reader: Yesterday as I was coming down the driveway to my garden I turned the corner and suddenly I saw the deck and back of my house from a different angle…from the perspective of the roses...
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Let the Light Flow…
Dear Reader: It worked… light cascading from the old water can to the grass like twinkling stars tumbling over a water fall! Last week, a friend from high school, Jane Taylor Freeman, sent me an idea...
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Our Greatest Gifts…Friends and Family
Dear Reader: Have you ever wondered how difficult life would be without a friend or family to pick us up when we fall…to tell us that “everything will be alright.” Many of us in the baby boomer age...
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Memorial Day…Letting GO
Dear Reader: I had a story picked out today for Memorial Day or Decoration Day as it has been called in the South…but then a phone call changed all that. With all the riding back and forth between...
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Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood Does It Again…
Dear Reader: Ever since the latest terrorist-induced tragedy at Manchester, England this quote from Fred Rogers has been circulating (via the internet) at the speed of lightning…because it addresses...
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The Magic and Mystery of Life…
Dear Reader: Following Tommy and Kaitlyn on their magical tour of Ireland was like re-living my own experience touring it with Anne in 2014. Has it really been that long? As Kaitlyn and Tommy talked...
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Each Tree is a Door to Opportunity
Dear Reader: I had one of those nights Tuesday night when I just could not get to sleep. For whatever reason I was wired… my mind was scurrying all over the place. It was probably around 4:30 before I...
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Ordinary Grace
Dear Reader: Quilty as charged…June is here… so the past several days I have stocked up on my summer reading list…between libraries, borrowing/swapping and ordering off Amazon…. the books are pouring...
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Great Things Take Time to Grow
Dear Reader: I don’t remember when I decided to plant a Japanese Maple for each grandchild as they came along…but I am so glad I did. I can’t think of a better gift than the gift of life…the gift of...
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Patience…It Paid Off!
Dear Reader: I am beyond excited! Patience has paid off for me in a big way…and truth be told, my “patience” was the only option I had… lesson learned. Some of you might remember that several weeks...
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Oopsey Daisy
Dear Reader: Patience is still a wonderful virtue but I woke up Sunday morning and the computer started freezing up on me??? I headed over to John and Mandy’s Sunday afternoon to spend the night to...
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One Month Anniversary
Dear Reader: One month to the day and the orchid Susan gave me is still alive… and still blooming! Those three ice cubes once a week must be the trick! Happy One Month Anniversary Tommy and Kaitlyn!...
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