Tag: darkness
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Light Up The Dark
My dear husband is the master of tchotchkes. Little knick-knack types of things that amuse people for a brief moment, a short-lived trinket. His forte is finding such objects for our grands. One of his favorite items are glow sticks, the kind you bend to make them brighten up for a short time. He handed…
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The Light Will Come
When local meteorologists assume the role of Dougie Downer to let us living in Florida know that this will be a rough hurricane season, the rising winds and darkening clouds make me wonder if IT is coming. We’ve lived through the effects of hurricanes. Gratefully we don’t live on the coast, so we don’t have…
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No Way Out
photo courtesy of Ellen Tanner on Unsplash I’m an impatient person. I can be composed, even patient, with people. But we all have our “stuff” that causes us to be later than expected or unaware of necessary steps we need to take. However, I’m not at all about waiting for elevators, escalators, or anything that…
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A Light In The Darkness
There were thumps and thuds on the roof, and it wasn’t Santa’s reindeer. I’d been inside the house, decorating our tree and working into a rhythm of preparing for the holidays. I’d love to approach the Christmas season with a calm and peaceful posture rather than the hurry and scurry that typically takes over my…
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Not The Anticipated End
The sky was darkening as we drove to the field. John commented that there was a distinct possibility the game would be cancelled; we have an inordinate amount of thunder storms here in central Florida. Practices for the preceding two weeks had been cancelled because of lightning. Two of our grandkids–brother and sister–were playing each…
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