Tag: busyness
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Didn’t Expect To See That
It was “Drive Your Tractor To Church Day” up in Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. We’ve never experienced that in Florida. Here in Orlando, I don’t see that many tractors, period. My son and his family own a winery in the south-central part of the state, where they and those owning much larger farms require tractors to handle…
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The Exhaustion Trap
We’re at our second conference in a week, this one in Berlin, Germany. We left Milwaukee at 6 am, spent 24 hours between airports and in the air, and arrived in Berlin at 8 am the next day in time for a 9:00 meeting. I don’t sleep well on planes. I read, watched movies, tried…
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The Christmas Crazies
photo courtesy of freestocks on Unsplash ‘Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the house, All were rushing and scurrying like a panicked little mouse. Christmas lists kept growing, always more gifts to buy, “Keep an eye on the budget,” was the ongoing cry. Decorations were half up, the rest strewn all over, With…
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It’s All About The Party
Being put in charge of an almost five-year-old and his social schedule can be daunting. Especially if you’ve not spent time around the city where he lives with his family. We have the wonderful privilege of watching Beck for about five days while his parents take a long-overdue space of time for themselves. He’s by…
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Sleep In Heavenly Peace
The peace we often long for can seem lost in the chaos of Christmas and the aftermath of too much of everything for many people. Too much stress, too much spending, too much eating, too much disappointment. The idyllic picture of a silent night, a peaceful night, is often distorted by noise and busyness. I…
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