Tag: genesis
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Finally!
He faithfully and deliberately tried every day he stayed with us. He persevered, even when he was unsuccessful. His failures didn’t deter him from trying. Finally, on the morning they were to leave, Ward caught a lizard. He was so pleased with himself as he showed it to me and his mom; his smile said…
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Go Where You’ve Not Been
They borrowed an RV and headed out to previously unknown places to explore and enjoy. Little Buffalo State Park. Even the name evokes a sense of a fantastic escapade. A family with four adventuresome boys and parents with a willingness to experience the new and different, the six of them set out on an epic…
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When New Is Welcomed
Three-year-olds are notorious for wanting to do things themselves. They’re often impatient with change, they’re not fond of receiving advice from anyone, and they tend to express their independence with big feelings. I was recently in Tucson to help my daughter and her husband by watching their two girls while the family attended a memorial…
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Squirm
What happens when you get a stage full of bats, worms, snakes, and spiders? You get a corporate “Eww,” reflecting all things that make us squirm. Seven-year-old Cal and his fellow students put on a production that emphasized all things that cause our stomachs to twitch and our phobias to rise to the surface. A…
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We Are Family
My two sisters came for a visit, leaving the desert of Tucson for the humid greenery of Orlando. I hadn’t seen them for over seven months, so our reunion was fun–and funny. My little sister had visited a year ago, and I took her to the Orlando Wetlands, 1650 acres of a man-made center for…
Tip of My Iceberg 