Tag: God
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Winning At All Costs?
I just spent a good portion of the last two days playing Candy Land with my three-year-old granddaughter. I didn’t win a single game. I’ve been through the routine before. With six children, I’ve played my share of games where I allowed my kids to win. A lot. But learning to lose is a valuable…
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The Apron Strings Are Unraveling
Change sometimes comes as a pleasant surprise. Sometimes it’s a segue from what’s familiar to what really needs to be. And sometimes change just bites you in the bum. I’m somewhere in between the last two. Things need to change, but I’ll be sporting those teeth marks for a bit. My baby’s growing up. This…
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Creativity Is The Mother Of Fun
When I was growing up in the Midwest, our family would visit new homes as they were being built. We’d walk around and dream of a bigger house, our own bedrooms, more bathrooms. (My grandmother was right. Culturally we have fewer children and more bathrooms in our homes. Go figure.) These Sunday afternoon jaunts weren’t…
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What Was That On My Mind?
Back in the mid-90’s, reptillian pets were all the rage. Snakes, iguanas, lizards of all kinds. I know this well because we had an iguana. His name was Al. Al was my son, Mark’s, pet. Living in a house with five sisters, we figured he’d appreciate a manly pet, something that had no semblance of…
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Nothing Says Love Like Nail Polish
It had been a really long day. We’d been up to the mountains, climbing around big rocks, crossing a waterfall. Scrabbling, scrambling, scaling the heights. We drove through the seasons. We began in the sun, graduated to rain, and the higher we got, the lower the temperature dropped. And then the hail. Everyone loved it.…
Tip of My Iceberg 