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Hi Fives and Good Vibes
Today, I was a bit grumpy when I was given the assignment of envisioning the life I want 20 years from now, realizing I will be 89 years old. But, with a bit of encouragement from my classmates, I...
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Where Can We Find Encouragement?
This morning I pulled up our bedroom shades and was greeted by yet, another day where grayness engulfed the world outside. I felt blah. But, then I remembered, I get to post words of encouragement...
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Encouragement for Moms and Dads
When we bring home that first child, it is a little like free falling. We've thought about it, planned it out, but life with a little, unpredictable, and needy human usually turns out different than...
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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Ever feel like life is hard to manage? Take these little puppies with so many things to explore and learn. Sometimes they get in trouble and life is hard - they chew a shoe or gnaw on a table leg that...
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Solid Foundation
Presently, in my corner of the world, the lakes are frozen and people set up camps out in the middle of the lake to ice fish. They drive their snowmobile, four wheeler or truck onto the ice towing...
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Gazing At Your World
It is amazing to see the details of our backyard visitors when viewing them through binoculars - the detailed colors in a bird's wings or the sassy look on a squirrel's face when he figures how to...
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How Much Fruit?
One day, a little girl asked her father how many seeds there are in an apple. His reply was a question, "How many trees in an apple?" According to Google, each apple has five carpels (seed packets) and...
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Grandma's Quilt
Newlyweds used to start their journey together with a gift from a family member who had painstakingly stitched a quilt together from scraps of cloth that were left over from clothing that they had made...
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Operator, Please Give Me...
When I was about 6 years old, my parents left me for a short time to go to a meeting in the next town. They assured me that the doors were locked and, if I had to, I could call them. As I sat waiting...
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Eating a Taco
For our family's entertainment on "school nights", I like to encourage our girl to choose a program where we can increase our knowledge. Since she enjoys learning about food and she is studying world...
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Making Music After Tragedy
When I received the call that my dad had cut his fingers off with a table saw, my body began shaking uncontrollably. It was inconceivable that this could happen to a man who played the piano for every...
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A Blessing In Disguise
After my Dad passed away, my mom found a nice apartment with a small balcony overlooking a river that winds through her small city and a beautiful park. She could sit on her balcony, enjoying the view...
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So Many Lenses
I love this photo because it really gives a picture of the detail in adjustment of lens strength the eye doctor can achieve. She enquires, as she fixes a lens in place, "Is this clearer," changes it...
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Age-Old Predictions
When I was a child, my dad taught me that rain or snow is coming within 24 hours, if I see a mackerel sky as in the above photograph. My husband's grandfather taught him that if he saw mare's tails...
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Letting Go of Possessions
Letting go of our belongings can be difficult. My mother was born in the same house that my grandfather was born in - the same house where his father and his father before him were born. In fact, their...
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How Do We Want to Live?
Last week I had a big a-ha moment. I tend to be a doer, like so many people. I naturally give and do without thinking of reward or acknowledgement. However, I notice that sometimes I have a negative...
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What Is on Your Playlist?
The other day, Crowder's latest song, "Good God Almighty," was playing in my head because I had been listening to this piece frequently - a few times each morning upon rising, a few times each evening...
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Winter to Spring
Wouldn't it be nice if we could push a magic a button when the calendar says "First Day of Spring" and actually see lush green grass, blooming flowers and blossoming trees? But, in reality, the change...
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What Do You See?
When I gaze out over the deep blue waters of the ocean, I feel a sense of beauty and tranquility. Yet underneath this calm, monochromatic scene is another world teaming with colorful living creatures -...
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Seeing Clearly
As I sat in my seat on the airplane on our way to Hawaii, I watched my uncle apply epoxy glue to an old pair of lenses from my outdated glasses to attach them to a diving mask. I thought that the other...
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