Tag: love
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When The Cost Of Loving Is Worth It
They grow fast the first several months you have them. Puppies and babies. Perish the thought I’d ever confuse the two. I’ve been spending time with my new grandson, Huck, in Austin. It’s been four weeks since I’ve seen him. He’s grown. A lot. More interactive. More focused. More fun. He’s now his own little…
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Delightfully Different–Not Divergent
Most of the family came home for Easter. For a variety of reasons. I’d love to say they all came to be with us. That’s only partially true. The real reason stemmed from Courtney’s sisters all wanting to throw her a bridal shower. In five months, she’ll be Mrs. Michael Wickberg. We love Michael. He’s…
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When Three Of A Kind Beats A Full House
One of my favorite movies of is “White Christmas”. I know. It’s spring. But it’s been really cold. What’s made me think of it lately is a particular scene in the movie. Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen played the Haynes sisters, foils for Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. They were close—working, living and performing together.…
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What Does Love Smell Like?
It’s intriguing how circumstances can change the way a person views a special day. A holiday. Twelve years ago on Lincoln’s birthday, my Dad graduated to heaven. A day a good man was born; a day a really good man died. His memorial was on Valentine’s Day. I don’t look at February 14th as cupids,…
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Could You Please Say That Again? Differently?
In a perfect world–well, in my perfect world–people would always understand each other. No matter what language is used. I’m a mono-lingual American. One of those. I want to understand what others are saying. Or what emotion they choose to do it in. (Can you imagine emoticons popping from our mouths like so much spit?)…
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