Tag: fear
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Slither And Slime
photo courtesy of Jan Kopriva on Unsplash I don’t like snakes. I don’t know many people who do. My manly son and sons-in-law loathe them–and they’re not bothered by much. We had an open field near us growing up, and we often found garter snakes there. A few of the boys we were friends with…
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Does Leaving Ever Help?
With realtors, the saying about the best properties is location, location, location. Where we are, where we call home, can make a huge difference in how we craft our perspective on our lives and circumstances. Home can be a place of security and comfort, a known space that allows us to decompress and breathe. A…
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Get Ready–Get Set–Wait
photo courtesy of Filip Mroz on Unsplash When we returned from Arizona, we had five of our grands ready to be embraced by us for two and a half weeks–littles and bigs. Their folks are away, and we were more than willing to step in. One of them, Sydney, is leaving for college soon and…
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Not My Best Moment
We were having a crowd of family over for an early Father’s Day dinner. Ham, which is never a summer meal, was what I’d chosen–the guys all loved it. But the kids weren’t into ham on a hot day–or any day. So I opted for a pot full of macaroni and cheese to satisfy the…
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The View From Where?
I flew for the first time in a long time. We had somewhere to go to do some work, and the whole airport/security lines dance was a reminder of what I used to do more frequently. We were arriving early in the morning, and the cloud cover was solid–down below would be wet and dreary.…
Tip of My Iceberg 