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My dear friend Ann — inspiring as always.
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Thru an involved series of clicks that I no longer remember, today I found the Tim Ferriss blog. Which mentioned StumbleUpon. Which reminded me that I possess a Stumble account. Which led me to visit it. And confirm a handful of friends, some of which friended me FIVE months ago- so great is my...
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Our 7 year daughter was getting goodnight kisses from Daddy. “Daddy, do you have to go to work tomorrow?” “Yes,” he said. “Ohhhhh, why?!” she wailed. “Because people around here keep eating.  And they like to sleep in a nice house.  And sometimes-” he fixed a mock stern gaze on me — “they even...
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Newlyweds driving to church camp in the mountains. Car trouble 20 miles from camp. Dimming lights. Stops. Starts. Worries. Checking coolant. Changing fuses. Losing power. Cell phone out of range. Limping miles. Stopping. Starting– barely. Getting a jump start from a random stranger. Wondering if they’ll make it. Finally they pull into camp, heaving...
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Several years ago I went with my mom and sisters to a college production of the musical “Oklahoma”. I thoroughly enjoyed the show and was amazed to realize for the first time that many songs I’d heard before were actually from the musical. Among others, I loved “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” and “Surrey...
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Friday I turned in the bulk of the edits for ‘Family Feasts for $75 a Week’ which means that yesterday was the first day since Thanksgiving that I didn’t feel the weight of a huge project (or a wedding and a huge project) looming. I woke up wondering what I to do with the...
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In 1988 when I was 21, my dad died in a car accident.  I had been married two years.   John and I had a baby, 6 month old Amanda.  My mom still had 7 children at home. It was a desolating, devastating shock. Three years later in 1991 when my mom started dating her...
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Today my two sweet sisters-in-law along with my mother-in-law threw a lovely wedding shower for our Amanda. There was punch in lovely glasses, and cake topped with roses, and Lindor chocolate, and red roses and white tulips in crystal vases, and a lovely sweet devotion and prayer. Every detail showed the touch of love....
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I was over at Shutter Sisters this morning, where they are asking people to share pictures of ‘superhero’ hands. I immediately thought of a picture that I took of my mother and my daughter on Mother’s Day last year. My mom is definitely one of my superheros. I had to also post the full...
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