Tag: respect

• What Does It Take To Be A Diva?

  Brooklyn has been in a dance class for two years. The highlight of every dance year is the recital, with fancy costumes, parents, relatives, and friends watching enthralled, and the celebration that comes at the end of something done well. It almost didn’t happen. The pandemic shut many things down, including such classes and performances.…

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  June 29, 2020

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  courage, criticism, Dayle Rogers, God, Jesus, kindness, public forums, recitals, respect, self-centeredness, Tip of My Iceberg, What Does It Take To Be A Diva?

• Father Knows Best–Doesn’t He?

  With Father’s Day just passed,  I’ve thought a lot about my Dad. He died eighteen years ago, and I’m still saddened by the reminders of him that I encounter on a daily basis. Small winks of wit and wisdom that allow me to remember the man I deeply loved and respected. Dad was a man…

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  June 22, 2020

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• Fear Makes Us Do Funny Things

  I’ve washed the top several layers of skin off my hands. Meetings have been canceled; group gatherings are scrapped. The shelves are empty of toilet paper, water, wipes, and macaroni and cheese. Here in Florida, it feels a little like preparation for a hurricane. This is a different kind of bad. A unique kind of…

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  March 16, 2020

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  coronavirus, Dayle Rogers, disappointment, Fear Makes Us Do Funny Things, free will, God, hurricane, messiness, respect, restrictions, Tip of My Iceberg

• Freedom Isn’t Unrestricted Permission

  “Do you know where the girls are?” I could hear the conversation with a mom who’s a close friend of my daughter Melody. Her daughter was with two other young gals, one of whom was my grand, and their whereabouts were unknown. “They’re in the complex somewhere. We’ll find them.” No panic. This was a…

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  July 4, 2019

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  absolute truth, conviction, Dayle Rogers, freedom, Freedom Isn’t Unrestricted Permission, God, Independence Day, it takes a village, Jesus, respect, Tip of My Iceberg

• Live And Let Dye

  Tie-dyed shirts have been around forever. Interest in making and wearing them cycles through generations like a reliable friend. Creativity comes in how and where you bunch the shirt and the color palette chosen. There’s a little bit of hippy in all of us. Isley, at seven, made a shirt with her bestie, Talia. Their…

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  September 25, 2017

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  baptism, character, color, dyeing, forgiveness, grace, identify, Jesus, kindness, obedience, respect, sacred, tie-dye, understanding, Washington D.C.