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Looks Can Be Deceiving
When two favorite characters are unicorns and Peppa the Pig, it becomes a challenge to know how to decorate. For a four-year-old, you don’t choose. You do it all. With Kolly, passions are part of her life. When she couldn’t decide on the theme for her family party, she asked if she could have both.…
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The Root Goes Deep
Our recent Florida freeze did a number on many of our outdoor plants. The wind blew off most attempts at covering them, so many literally bit the dust. One in particular, our elephant ear plant, looked scruffy enough to make us choose to uproot it and make space for a new plant. As we uprooted…
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A Boatload Of Boys Plus One
Cousins converged on our home for spring break festivities. Not all the cousins; we missed our Denver and DC cousins, plus our college-bound cousins. Of the ones present, only one was a girl old enough to keep up with the boys. They attended a soccer camp for the day; the beautiful game has become a…
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Let Me In!
While at work, I heard this incessant tapping. I was trying to finish a writing project, so I didn’t want to check to see who was trying to get in the door. The tapping didn’t stop. With obvious annoyance, I got up to let the person in who insisted on knocking, only to discover it…
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He Wasn’t Even Irish
photo courtesy of Rashmi on Unsplash He was born in Britain to a family of faith. At that time, Britain was protected by the Roman Empire. But just before his sixteenth birthday, once the Roman army had left the area, Irish pirates invaded western Britain and kidnapped young Patrick, selling him into slavery in Ireland.…
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