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Reading, Writing & Arithmetic

Reading, Writing & Arithmetic used to be the basics of school.  Children would learn their letters in kindergarten and start learning to read about second grade.  Writing was done with a pencil and wide ruled paper that had little dotted lines in the middle so you...

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Queen of the Bologna Sandwich

Ask my daughters who makes the best bologna sandwiches of all time and they will tell you that hands down it was Grandma Young.  The World's Best Bologna Sandwich consisted of two pieces of white bread, a piece of Eckrich® bologna, and Miracle Whip®. You may ask what...

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Perfect Timing

Number 52 passes the basketball to 42 as he jumps above the rim and SLAM!  Ally-oop for 2!!  Perfect Timing! Baseball 90 miles an hour right down the middle. Number 5 connects and with a crack of the bat it sails out to center field seats.  Home run!!  Perfect Timing...

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Over The River And Through The Woods

"Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go." I love this song.  It makes me think of going to my grandma's house when I was little.  One of my fondest memories is of the ice cream truck coming down the street.  I remember hearing the chimes of...

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No Pain. No Gain.

You've heard the saying, "No pain. No gain."  Usually the slogan is referring to exercise. When I was in college, I remember around 11 p.m. several times a week we would go to the big open area near the elevator on our floor in the dorm and put the Jane Fonda exercise...

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Miracle Maker Still Making Miracles

(Say that three times real fast!) hahaha Jesus performed so many miracles while on earth that John says "even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written."  (John 21:25) What were some of those miracles that were captured in the gospel?...

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Thank You, Tom Tepe Auto

Thank you to Tom Tepe Auto for the generous donation to Bucket Buddies Mission, Inc.  They hosted a golf tournament and the proceeds were donated to Bucket Buddies.  Thank you to all those who worked behind the scenes, the golfers who participated, those who kindly...

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Laugh A Little!

My cousin was driving home after traveling a couple of hours to pick up a couch his mother was giving to him and his wife.  It was a beautiful day and he was driving with the windows down enjoying the sunshine and listening to the radio. While driving through a town...

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Kick It!

Kick It.... A soccer ball. A football. A kick ball. Dirt. Tires. A can. Cancer. A bad habit. An addiction. Kick it to the curb. Kick it in the butt. Kick it to the moon. We must be on watch because the devil is right there waiting to tempt us and to bring us down.  I...

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