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Reflecting on Memorial Day

Winter has finally blossomed into spring, and Memorial Day weekend has arrived. This first holiday after the New Year invites us back outside — toward road trips, family visits, cookouts, and the simple joy of being in the sunshine. Many of us will spend these days with the people we

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Start Your Day Right

   How do you begin your day? For some people, the morning starts with the loud, annoying sound of an alarm clock. Depending on how much sleep a person has had, one may wake up crabby, happy, or resigned to the day.      Does how you wake up become an

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Love Is…

General Hospital in 2010 had an episode with a great scene, very appropriate for the week of Valentine’s Day. Liz and Lucky were to be remarried; however, Liz had cheated on Lucky with his brother Nicholas. Lucky had discovered the affair and, naturally, not taken it very well. He goes

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Forgiveness

    Occasionally, I am unexpectedly and pleasantly surprised by something I see on television or hear on the radio. I’m not sure where or when I heard it, but I wrote it down and saved it. “Forgiveness is not deserved, but it sets you free.”        What a statement! It’s so hard to

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JOSEPH, STRONG AND SILENT

Perhaps one of the most overlooked characters in the story of Christmas is Jesus’s earthly father, Joseph. I view him as a strong, silent character. After all, Mary was not the only one who had to overcome doubts, fear, public embarrassment, and hold tight to faith and the Lord. Joseph

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God Sees Us

In the fall of 2019, I waited impatiently for the Downton Abbey movie to be released. It’s based on the wildly popular PBS television series that aired from 2010 to 2015. I started watching Downton when one of my daughters binged-watched it and recommended it to me. It was one

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Poetry Ravings of a 70s Teenager

I have another book available on Amazon. See below for details. If you’re drawn to sappy, dramatic, and delightfully unpolished poetry, this collection is for you. Written between eighth grade and college, these poems chronicle six formative years of one young woman’s life—capturing the highs and lows of faith, romance,

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