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Losing Dad – Finding Me

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How do you work through the loss of a parent?   You don’t.  It just happens.  Then you realize that in the loss there is a gain, a richness of what you’ve become, what you’ve grown into from what that parent has left inside you.
Dad passed away last month after an eight year battle with [...]

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Hurray For Small Purses

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Have you ever noticed how the larger your purse, the more things your family expects you to carry for them?  NEVER take a big satchel type purse to an amusement park!  Why?

You will wind up carrying an extra 15 pounds of sunscreen, others’ purchases, the baby’s socks, the half-eaten sandwich junior left from lunch, souvenir [...]

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For Better, For Worse, Or Until?

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Ah the mystery of marriage.  And what a mystery it is.   One minute you’re locked in a loving embrace, the next you’re wrestling over who forgot to rinse the toothpaste spit down the bathroom drain.  It’s not until the honeymoon is over that you vaguely remember the minister saying something about things being better [...]

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Fires, Floods, Hurricanes

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Your Neighbors May Need You…
Summer is here once again heralding the onset of numerous natural disasters: floods, fires, hurricanes, and tornadoes to mention a few.  The media reminds us daily to “be prepared”.  And while preparedness may be the furthest thing from our minds, there are those who work hard everyday to stand in the [...]

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Sitting in the living room

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Many homes in my part of the country have separate Living Rooms.  There’s the Family Room or your Great Room, assorted Bed Rooms/Kids Rooms/Guest Rooms, the all-important hub of the home, the kitchen, maybe even a separate dining room… and then the Living Room.
Most of the rooms are flooded with traffic, people and collections of [...]

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Never tell people how to do things

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“Never tell people how to do things.  Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” – GEORGE S. PATTON
Have you surprised yourself with your own ingenuity lately?  If the answer is “yes”, then maybe someone gave you a task, but did not tell you how to get it done.  Maybe [...]

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