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More Blessings from the Beloved “Survivor Tree”
Dear Reader: When Brooke, Jackson, and I went to New York City (five years ago-2012) to see the Broadway Show…The Jersey Boys… we had a ball. We, also, wanted to go see the Twin Towers Memorial Park...
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When Boo’s Make “Boo-tiful” Community Gatherings
Dear Reader: If I could recreate a real-life version of “Groundhog Day” (where, as in the movie, each day repeats itself) I would have chosen yesterday. Does the sky get any bluer than October with...
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Following our Heavenly Map…
Dear Reader: Did you know that the first man-made maps ( ever created) dealt with the heavens…the stars, moon, and sun? Guess what? I learned about it from the twelfth (sadly next to the last -to...
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Where’s the Background Music in Life?
Dear Reader: I was looking at two trees on Country Club Blvd while walking the other day… remembering how breath-taking they were last year. But this year they have’t turned yet. So when I got home I...
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Where to Find Our Armor
Dear Reader: I came across a devotional by Quinn Caldwell that made me pause and contemplate man’s on-going search for security through our own man-made armor and not God’s…it might make us feel...
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When Detours Become the True Path…
Dear Reader: I remember hearing on numerous occasions… from quotes in medical magazines, to true cancer survivor stories and books…the expression that “cancer is just a detour”….and that we are to...
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Snippets of Fun Coincidences on Halloween
Dear Reader: Happy Halloween! Last week I was browsing through children’s books on Amazon.com about Halloween…and when I found this old Scholastic one…I had to laugh out loud. This little children’s...
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Stepping Back…While Stepping Up
Dear Reader: Halloween is over. November 1 has arrived. All Saints Day. The day we remember (not only the scriptural saints) but also our loved ones who have gone before us. It is a day to step back...
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Too Many Good-byes…
Dear Reader: Have you ever gone through a period of time when many of the important players in your life (you depend on for their expertise) suddenly disappear… leaving you feeling vulnerable and...
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The Epiphany of Little Cloud
Dear Reader: Last Saturday when Tommy and I were watching Rutledge and Lachlan in the park near their house…Rutledge was swinging high enough to jump on a cloud…at least that was what he wished for he...
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For the Sake of Love…Nothing is Impossible
Dear Reader: This story reminded me of Mollie and Eloise returning home last Sunday after their adventures together that required some last minute re-scheduling and unforeseen flight delays (on the...
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Sometimes You Just Need a Little Erma Bombeck
Dear Reader: Every time I still read a one-liner or a funny anecdote from the wonderful humorist Erma Bombeck, I find myself either sneaking a grin or just right out howling in laughter. I thought...
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The Gift of Sleep
Dear Reader: What is it about all the Ya’s being together that makes everyone sleep so wonderfully? Definitely, I believe, a sense of security but it is even more than that..it is a lifetime of...
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The Invisible People
Dear Reader: The more we hear of inexplicable acts of terrorism the more we wonder what possibly could have happened (in many cases in a perpetrator’s young life) to make someone succumb to such...
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A Needed ‘Pawley Pause’
Dear Reader: There was never a more appreciated sight for all the Ya’s as when we pulled into the driveway at Carolina Corner and knew we had made it to our official “End of the winter...
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Sharing the Secrets of Pawleys…Cemeteries and All
Dear Reader: It was while Brooke and I were posing all over the wrong beach house last Wednesday that we had a God Wink…actually a double one. (since we bumped into him twice.) A gentleman, Tom...
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A Coveted Treasure of Pawley’s…Turning Pawley’s Island Sea Shells into Silver...
Dear Reader: Many of you read the popular blog post last year…“The Legend of the Pawley’s Island Shell.” It was my most read post of 2017. It was actually a summation of the Ya Ya’s annual winter...
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“The Little Chapel that Could”…
Dear Reader: I have come to the conclusion that it is small comments or remarks in life that sometimes lead to the most exciting adventures! *It was Tom Hudson’s friendliness and sharing of the...
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Boat House? Bait House? Both…and Much Much More!
Dear Reader: For as many years as the Ya’s have been going to Pawleys Island for our winter retreat, it has been the little building directly across from Carolina Corner that has intrigued me. Each...
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Leaving Pawleys Island in “Good Spirit”
Dear Reader: It would be a shame to leave Pawleys again without sharing one of its most famous ghosts…to leave it behind without recognition from us. He is, of course, The Gray Man of Pawleys Island....
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