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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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What Did You Bring Me?
Photo courtesy of Kateryna Hliznitsova on Unsplash When our kids were younger, John would travel quite a bit overseas for work. With six children, we had to find a routine that worked for us without them bemoaning the fact that Dad was gone, and they were stuck with Mom. They were always excited when Dad…
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Spring Forward? Really?
It takes me a good week to get over the start of Daylight Saving Time, when we lose an hour, so the sun sets later than it really does. I resent the lost time, taking it more personally than I should. After all, it didn’t just happen to me, but to the majority of the…
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