Tag: love
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Why Wait To Celebrate?
Life should be full of balloons. The helium ones that float and the ones we blow up that can be batted around. Balloons are reminders that there is something worth celebrating. Someone deserving of attention and affirmation. An opportunity to honor another. Birthdays are obvious times of such festivities. Many, including myself, cringe at the…
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Nobody Wants To Be Cut Down
I love trees. My husband says I relate to trees like I do people–each one has a personality and quirks. All of them have value. We have a live oak in our front yard that is slowly doing damage to our driveway, water pipes, and lawn. The root system sits high so there are these…
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The Cost Of Caring
Our days are filled with the tension of what we know and don’t know, of waiting and watching to see what comes next. We anticipate what we hope will happen. Often with little to no control over circumstances. Such was the case as we waited for the birth of Baby Nolan. My daughter was having…
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Desperate Measures
Sunday morning began quietly. After a full week of interaction with many, I was alone, spending time thinking about the blessings God has given me in this bizarre season. The Christmas tree lights were on, a cup of coffee warmed my hands. Idyllic. Something was hurled at the door. Or something hurled itself at the…
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Charlie Brown Would Be Proud
One of my all-time favorite Christmas cartoons is “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, which came out in 1965. It’s Christmas experienced by the characters from Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip, a comic full of the angst, failures, and the social ineptness in a group of kids. People loved it because it reflected life, which is…
Tip of My Iceberg 