Tag: Christianity
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Just Do It Anyway

Some people in life never give up; they take on the challenges before them with a vim and vigor that often surprise others. They’re not easily unhinged by the difficulties we all encounter at some point. My grandmother on my mom’s side was one of those people. She stayed in Czechoslovakia with her children while…
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Autumn Addiction

I receive amazing photographs from my daughter and her family in Colorado, and most of the time, I’m delighted to vicariously enjoy their love for the outdoors. We don’t have those kinds of outdoors in Florida. When I got the pictures of their time in the mountains, I was jealous. I grew up in the…
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Forgiveness Is Freeing

Photos courtesy of Jeffrey F. Lin on Unsplash As a fan of the beautiful game, with all six of my kids having played soccer and many of my grands having played it, I have strong opinions about how a particular match is progressing. Two of my grands, playing at different universities, aren’t getting the playing…
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I’m Entitled!

Photo courtesy of Richard Segredo on Unsplash I was driving home from the office, in more than a bit of a hurry, to make a doctor’s appointment for one of those women’s exams you’re supposed to get every year. I haven’t done one of those in eight years. They aren’t my favorite things to do,…
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Dark Can’t Mask The Light

Our plans had changed suddenly, and John and I found ourselves in downtown Orlando with some time on our hands. We decided to go to a restaurant on top of a building after hearing the view was pretty good. What an understatement. The sun was setting, and the colors and light were so spectacular that…