Tag: limitations
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Autumn Addiction
I receive amazing photographs from my daughter and her family in Colorado, and most of the time, I’m delighted to vicariously enjoy their love for the outdoors. We don’t have those kinds of outdoors in Florida. When I got the pictures of their time in the mountains, I was jealous. I grew up in the…
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Learning Curve Conundrum
Soccer is a game that requires team work and an understanding of what each position requires from individual players. There’s a learning curve to the game, as in every sport. As kids become familiar with the footwork and fundamentals, they become better able to play together. All six of our kids played soccer, and now…
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Don’t Lose Sight Of The Sky
When I was a child, we had friends in our neighborhood that we always played with. One family had twin boys just a year older than Gayle and me; one of those twins had been born without a right hand or forearm. When we first met them, the initial curiosity was satisfied by “this was…
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I Want To Do It All!
“Why don’t you just go to bed?” My husband was being kind, but I bristled. My little sister had just come into town–she hadn’t been to my home in many years, and I wanted to talk to her. She arrived late, and it had been a long day of work and supporting our favorite soccer…
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The Case Of The Wandering Pumpkins
We have five pumpkins that have wanderlust. This is not a metaphor for anything in life. We have these pumpkins left over from Halloween that we never got around to carving. They’re still healthy, not showing any signs of mold. They don’t stay put. We started with four, and I’m not quite sure how we…
