Monthly Archives: July 2016

“Walk Away”…”Walk Off”

Dear Reader: What a busy last couple of days I have spent but all wonderful! I left Friday morning to go to Eva Cate’s dance camp performance and stayed on to keep Eva Cate and Jakie Friday night and to … Continue reading

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Blessings on the Stewards of God’s Creation

Dear Reader: I remember in summer Bible School one year (when I was around seven or eight) being asked to bring in a line of scripture….one for each of the five days of Bible School… that started with our first … Continue reading

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Those Cool, Cool “Living” Waters…And a Cookie!

Dear Reader: If you have ever experienced car trouble on a major highway, especially this summer, and had either a highway patrolman or a good “Samaritan” stop to assist you… and then offer you a bottle of cold ice water … Continue reading

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Feeling Lost? Feeling Forgotten? Color!

Dear Reader: A few days ago when I had a picture of a box of crayons (for that day’s blog title photo) I heard back from so many of you that you could almost smell that yummy wax smell of … Continue reading

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A Visual “Independence Day”

  Dear Reader: Yesterday I flunked my glare test quite miserably. I saw two sets of lights and apparently there were some letters in a box between the lights…all I saw was a black box. Not good. but my left … Continue reading

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The “Fruits” of My Labor…I Never Saw Coming

Dear Reader: The benefits and blessings I have gotten… grown from my garden… have more than compensated for the all the labor involved…and it is a labor of love. It is also a labor of intensity, passion, faith, perseverance and … Continue reading

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“Scatter Joy”…

Dear Reader: This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson has always been one of my favorites. And then it came to me recently that it would make a beautiful epitaph. (He/she) scattered joy. I can think of no higher eulogy or … Continue reading

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Take Time to Tune Out…

Dear Reader: We know the world is changing when we sit in a waiting room…any waiting room….and watch the vast majority of the other “waiters” either reading or sending messages on their IPhone or (in a few cases) IPad. I … Continue reading

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“Save My Place”

Dear Reader: I just finished a wonderful old-fashioned style romance (Save My Place) which spoke, on many levels, to me since the backdrop and timing of the story matched  my own personal coming-of-age. This novella (only 150 pages….read it in … Continue reading

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Cracks in Our Faith

Dear Reader: The most popular word to come out of Jakie’s mouth these days is the word: “MINE!” Sunday Jakie will be 22 months old and in child development terminology… that must mean “Mine, Too, Too.” What Jakie doesn’t realize … Continue reading

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