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Nicknames
Have you ever thought about nicknames and how people get them? Some are obvious: William may be called Bill; Anthony may be called Tony; Robert may be called Bob; Jennifer may be called Jenny; Melissa may be called Missy. Some are not so obvious: a girl from my...
Mary, Martha and Me
As you prepare to start working on your goals for the new year, remember not to start your day off running toward accomplishing THINGS and marking THINGS off the list. Remember to start your day in meditation, prayer and scripture reading. Jesus tells the story in...
What’s the Good Word?
JOY. It's my word for 2015. Just seeing it makes me smile. Hearing it makes me smile. JOY reminds me of Christmas - which always makes me happy. JOY is deeper than "happiness" though; it's a feeling of positive peace no matter what the circumstances. JOY reminds...
Setting Goals Outside of the Box
As the end of the year rolls around, it is always a good time to begin thinking about goals for the upcoming new year. People usually think about weight loss goals, organization goals and goals to save money and pay off credit card debt from the holidays. All of...
Do You Feel What I Feel?
You know the song Do You See What I See? It has verses - 1) do you see what I see? A Star 2) and do you hear what I hear? A Song 3) and do you know what I know? A Child I was wondering what it would be like if we added a verse? Do you feel what I feel? Think...
Dented But Not Destroyed
A friend of mine had some bad luck with her car recently. She drives a VERY nice car. She ran into a wire and caused damage to one side of her car. Shortly after the incident and before she could get it repaired, someone backed into the other side! A friend of...
I Will See You Again
12/13/14 - a sequence of numbers we will always remember.............the day my sister's battle with cancer ended. When she was told almost 9 years ago that she had stage 4 ovarian cancer and only 4-6 months to live, we had no idea how strong she was and how hard she...
Can You Hear Me Now?
Remember the AT&T commercial several years ago before there were cell phone towers everywhere? It showed people walking around on their cell phone without AT&T service down on the ground or holding their phone way up in the air trying to get signal saying,...
Oh The Tangled Lights We Weave
A few weeks ago I was putting up the Christmas lights on my bushes. I have those net lights and I try to keep them somewhat "untangled" during the year by hanging them from nails in the garage or attic to keep them straight. Well as I took them down and went to...
