Tag: hope
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Just Do It Anyway
Some people in life never give up; they take on the challenges before them with a vim and vigor that often surprise others. They’re not easily unhinged by the difficulties we all encounter at some point. My grandmother on my mom’s side was one of those people. She stayed in Czechoslovakia with her children while…
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Forgiveness Is Freeing
Photos courtesy of Jeffrey F. Lin on Unsplash As a fan of the beautiful game, with all six of my kids having played soccer and many of my grands having played it, I have strong opinions about how a particular match is progressing. Two of my grands, playing at different universities, aren’t getting the playing…
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Really Royal
Kolly and Thea love to dress up as princesses. The magic of royalty has captured their imaginations, and they play as if they’re truly royal. When you wear the crown, there are privileges. Or at least, they think so. When I see the girls dress up like this, I understand their view of being a…
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Dark Can’t Mask The Light
Our plans had changed suddenly, and John and I found ourselves in downtown Orlando with some time on our hands. We decided to go to a restaurant on top of a building after hearing the view was pretty good. What an understatement. The sun was setting, and the colors and light were so spectacular that…
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Pray For The Pony
When I was growing up, I was one of those girls who loved horses. Obsessed may be a better way of looking at it. I’d cut pictures of horses from magazines and put them into my dream scrapbook–the place where I planned, plotted, and projected how I would someday get my own horse. I collected…
