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Trusting through challenge

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?”-John Steinbeck My front porch opens to the west thus making it the ideal spot on a summer evening to watch the sun set over the trees of the forest that leads to the bay. It allows us to experience…
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He’s my Pride and Joy

We are rarely proud when we are alone.” -Voltaire My son had selected a sleek and stylish black outfit for his senior prom. He wanted to look sharp. This was, after all, his last high school event before graduation. He had spent the day with his friends, tanning and planning which party they…
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Are You Living an Inspired Life?

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” -Marie Curie As a very young child I was painfully shy. I can still feel the emotion of the fear when I was at one of my older sister’s…
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How Sunday Dinners Gave Our Family More than Just Full Bellies

When I think of my childhood, some of the warmest and fondest memories I have are our Sunday breakfasts. There were grits and sausage and fried eggs- and if we were really lucky even Eggs Benedict! And nobody made hollandaise like my mama. We ate and laughed and made a mess of the kitchen table.…
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Traditions and Transitions

“Things do not change; we change.” “Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” -Henry David Thoreau As we approached the last month of 2018, I sat in a coffee shop to get into written word all that has been floating through my mind over the past two months. In October,…
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Medi-knitting

“If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family” -Mother Theresa My sister in law taught me to knit last Thanksgiving (2017) as part of her own certification to hold classes. I went along with the lesson for her sake, not from any deep-seated desire to learn to…
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