Tag: redemption
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It Wasn’t My Fault
photo courtesy of Robin Battison on Unsplash It was one of those grim grey days of winter that can feel unusual for Florida. It had been raining all day, and the roads were slick and the ground mushy. I was driving home from work, exiting off the toll road and thinking I’d be home in…
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When Real Isn’t Real
Thirty-two people, young and old, were jammed into our family room Christmas morning. This is our immediate family, and the noise level rivaled that of an open-air market place. My husband, who is a gentle jolly sort, had purchased a Santa outfit two years ago. He brought it out and loved on the littles this…
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To Dye Or Not To Dye
When life hands you a lemon, you look desperately for sugar so it’s not a complete loss. When our family vacation was canceled due to Covid, our Colorado family got creative, primed for together time. They, too, had weathered the virus the week before the rest of us did, so having already experienced isolation, they…
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Life From Death
My one hope on our trip to Santa Rosa was to see the Armstrong National Forest, home to the California redwoods. They’re magical in their magnificence, with height and age that supersedes other local flora. We weren’t able to go because last year’s forest fires in northern California did a lot of damage to the…
Tip of My Iceberg 