Tag: valued
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No One Is A No One
Enunciation was a big deal for me as a student. A rather shy child, I tended to mumble my answers for fear of saying the wrong thing. The response from whatever adult was addressing me was, “Speak up and speak clearly. I can’t understand you.” In high school, I took my first speech class. Standing…
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When Kind And Gentle Are Overlooked
I love the movie “Elf”. It’s one of my Christmas favorites. I’ve discovered I enjoy the play even more. Our ten-year-old grand Isley was in her school performance of “Elf, the Musical”. Very much following the antics of Will Farrell in the movie, the songs added another layer of fun. The storyline was tweaked just…
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Never Were There Such Delightful Sisters
When Mom passed away a little over a year ago, the concern was that we, three sisters who’ve been close for so long, would no longer make it a priority to be together. Mom’s place was the gathering spot, the place we’d converge to visit her in the waning years of her life to…
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FOMO And Fear Are Unhappy Bedfellows
There was definitely something wrong with the picture. I wasn’t in it. That does sound rather self-centered. Truth is, anytime I see a group picture, I look to see what I look like first and then look at the whole. That does make it about me. This concern was legitimate. I wasn’t even in the…
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And The Name Goes On
My son, Mark, was raised with five sisters. Five girls telling him what to do. Five girls emoting around him and in his face most days of the month. Early Sunday morning, he and his wife, Jillian, were blessed with their first child. A son. You can’t help but grin about a divine statement like…
Tip of My Iceberg 