Tag: hope
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This Little Light Of Mine
The cacophony lasted well into the night, a typical celebration of New Year’s Eve marked by the loud booms of fireworks in the neighborhoods surrounding ours. I’m grateful I use a sound machine to block out life outside our bedroom windows. Celebration is something that humans love to do. With life in general carrying so…
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Hither–Thither–Yon
There’s a scene in the “Wizard of Oz” where Dorothy first meets the Scarecrow. He’s hung up in the middle of the field, and she has no idea which way to go. The Scarecrow tries to help, but his efforts are confusing. He points every which way, both shaking and nodding his head. Dorothy’s query…
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It’s Too Soon!
I was running errands with my daughter, and four-year-old Nolan was tagging along. Not by desire, but by necessity. In one store, there was a plethora of Halloween costumes and decorations, situated next to early Christmas knick-knacks. It was quite surreal; it has still been in the 90s here, and hurricane season is now in…
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The Exhaustion Trap
We’re at our second conference in a week, this one in Berlin, Germany. We left Milwaukee at 6 am, spent 24 hours between airports and in the air, and arrived in Berlin at 8 am the next day in time for a 9:00 meeting. I don’t sleep well on planes. I read, watched movies, tried…
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Stage Presence
He’s typically very animated and bubbly around people. He’s never at a loss for words, and his grins are contagious. Seeing him onstage, however, had me wondering what happened to the four-year-old Nolan I know and love. He and his preschool classmates were doing an end-of-the-year program, with singing and hand motions that were upbeat…
Tip of My Iceberg 