Tag: kindness
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Let Kindness Be Your Guide
Our company had a family fall festival recently that boasted a hayride, bounce houses, a pumpkin patch where every child could choose an orange gourd, and enough barbecue and macaroni and cheese to satisfy any appetite. A definite highlight was the petting zoo. Small goats, a tiny pig, a calf, and a variety of different…
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Can’t Run From What Is
My two sisters live in Tucson, Arizona. We were all raised in the Chicago area–I escaped the snow and cold more quickly than they did. You never forget the snowstorms that, as a kid, were the invitation to snowball fights, snowmen, snow forts, and anything that had to do with wintery wonder. Of course, none…
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The Twists Of Life
Sometimes the old games are the entertaining ones. We got a new Twister game for the family to play over Christmas with a larger mat and more of those offending dots than ever before. The object of the game–listen to the caller as they yell out which arm or leg is supposed to go on…
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Who Brings You Together?
They’re so different, but they’re the best of friends. It helps that both of them are rather dramatic, speak hyperbolically, and can laugh at the drop of a hat. Isley and Talia are friends who have made it a point to know each other well. They talk constantly–there’s an authenticity between them that would put…
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His Name Was Joe
Everyone comes across people in life that impress them for some specific reason. They impact us with who they are, how they choose to live, and how they make us feel. Joe Druckemiller was that kind of man. My friend. I’d known Joe for decades. He was one of those people that entered a room…
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