Tag: joy

• Perseverance Proves Personality Potential

  I’m impressed by the amazing acts of persistence, the bulldog tenacity, in our history. People who refuse to quit because they’ve got an unwavering focus for what they must do. Thomas Edison figured out a thousand ways to not develop a workable light bulb. Abe Lincoln failed as a businessman, never was a great lawyer,…

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  August 10, 2015

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  Abe Lincoln, balloons, failure, God, Henry Ford, joy, opportunity, perseverance, potential, tenacity, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill

• We Love To Hate What We Love

  When I sit on my back porch early in the morning, cup of coffee in hand, I love looking out over our back yard. It’s gorgeous. We back up to a spring-fed pond that’s home to ducks and otters and the occasional water moccasin and gator. The good, the bad and the ugly, John and…

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  April 20, 2015

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  back porch, driving, hate, heat, humidity, joy, lawnmower, lawns, love, mowing, outdoor, pond, positivity

• Finishing The Race With Class

    I met Rhonda close to a decade ago, when she and her husband and two girls moved to Orlando. She was kind and spunky and had a smile that grew with the number of people she embraced in her life. Which were a lot. Our family helped their family move in when they got…

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  January 22, 2015

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  anticipation, compassion, death and dying, hope, Jesus, joy, legacy, passion, Rhonda and Kevin Larrett

• When Reality Mixes With Tradition

  We wanted to come up with a tagline for our Christmas this year. With everyone home, the house bursting at the seams with people, laughter, games and drama, we needed a title for the memory. Rogers’ epic Christmas. Celebrating tradition in grandeur and scope. It’s been non-stop motion and talk. Noise levels that have kept…

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  December 29, 2014

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  christmas, despair, family, God, grief, happiness, Jesus, joy, loss, pain, sharing, soccer, traditions

• Wrap It Up With A Smile

  “What’ve you got that I can give?” Ethan, Sydney and Teagan came into the house with a mission. To find a white elephant to give at a Christmas party. I’m not sure any of them really grasped what a white elephant gift was.  But the hunt was on. Ethan pulled out a thick coloring book…

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  December 4, 2014

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  christmas, gifts, giving, God, Jesus, joy, love, treasures, white elephant gifts