Category: friends
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Words (2) Too …
This school year has been remarkable to me as a grandparent watching our 9-year old grandson’s vocabulary increase and improve. As a 4-year old, he started pre-K with a speech pathologist. In kindergarten and through the third grade, his pronunciation and speech involving specific sound combinations improved but this year has been a game changer!…
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Words … and Their Effect
Of all the things I would like to do when I grow up my lifelong ambition is to write! Writing is my passion. I have always been able to express myself better with the written word than speaking verbally when my tongue seems to trip over each syllable and my brain wants to produce those chemicals…
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Kindness…
As I sat in the recliner enjoying my casual Sunday “down” time, I was reminded that I have not posted anything in a couple of weeks. I sat down at my computer and started thinking about a topic to write on and what ensued was not a flowery rendition of how wonderful my birthday was…
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New Year – New Start???
Three things happen at the beginning of each year – January 1st is always New Year’s Day filled with four F’s … football, family, friends and finishing off all the Christmas goodies! A few short days later on January 3rd is my mother’s birthday and although all her children are scattered, she told me one…
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Gifts, Food and a “beam” …?
I wanted to write a Christmas Day poem but a poet I’m not! So in the Deep South where we wore shorts two days ago and broke out the sweaters today, I don’t know why I get emotional every Christmas. By all outward appearances I have it all – a loving family, two precious grandsons…
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Christmas Cards … or not?
Scenes of the nativity accompanied by scripture from Luke; jolly Saint Nicholas with a bag of goodies and his sleigh led by Rudolph; Frosty the snowman with his corncob pipe and old silk hat; and bells that appear to be pealing throughout the serene city night with strains of “Silver Bells” are only a few…
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The Journey’s not over …
As Christians, we know the journey is not over and in this world; we’ve only just begun in the journey of life. But sometimes … we start to wonder, “Just when am I going to reach my earthly destination? Or, will I ever reach it?” Sometimes when we stumble or become too self-reliant He gives…
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A Time Out …
When first hearing this term it was relative to disciplining a child. It was kind of a preposterous idea to those of us growing up in the generation of “spare the rod and spoil the child!” But tonight I want to talk about a completely different type of time out. This is more of a…
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When Love is NOT enough…
I love ice cream! In fact, I have a small plaque that has always been displayed on my desk or bookshelf that states, “When the going gets tough, the tough get ice cream.” But … no surprise … ice cream does not love me! From the time I was a child and even when I…