I remember the cool feel of the wooden pew in the church of my childhood, that little hop I needed to get my seat onto it, the shimmied push to the back until finally ruffles surrounded me in a half circle. I still can see the way my feet stuck straight out in front of […]
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My husband and I hurried through the airport, to make our connection while dodging and squeezing between other fliers and their bags. It was the last leg of our flight back home and we maneuvered through thick waves of congested bodies as everyone tried to get to their flights. We finally arrived with our phones […]
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“Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel to turn back and encamp in front of Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon; you shall encamp facing it, by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the people of Israel, ‘They are wandering in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.’’” (Exodus 14:1-3 ESV) […]
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By the time I post this, our big family-grandson-wedding-get-together should be a thing of the past. Hopefully it will be laced with precious memories. At this stage with kids, grandkids, spouses, and great-grandkids, we expect somewhere around 30 together in one big rental. There will be a lot of comings and goings, and plenty of […]
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“You are over the speed limit,” the friendly but slightly mechanical voice says. I smile. She’s my friend, a companion who takes care of a little piece of driving worry. And, I like that because I hate driving, and I pretty much need all the help I can get. The rest of my family has […]
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When many were saying, “Next thing you know, they’ll be listening to us in our houses,” my dad was carefully picking up the receiver on our wall party line to listen to our neighbors. Even then, he loved new technology. I’m not sure however, how far my dad’s love for technology would go in today’s […]
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“I love you, Grandpa and Grandma,” my twenty-year-old grandson said before he ended our phone conversation. He is about to turn the ripe old age of twenty-one and will be married in less than a month. With all that, he thought to say, “I love you.” I’m sure he didn’t deliberate over it. I’m sure […]
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It might have been at our little town’s parade, or maybe at the State fair, but I have a faded memory from childhood of a cart with balloons floating above it. They were bunched together like a bouquet of bright pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, and red flowers. “Hold it tight,” my parents warned. Mom […]
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I’m a mom. I know the tug of the umbilical cord from birth until giving each baby away to love and cherish another. I’m a grandma, and I recognize the family units that must even take precedence above my own, and I widen my heart to add another to the family. I’m a great-grandma, and […]
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You’ve worked hard, poured yourself into the project, sacrificed and finally it’s done. And it turned out good. No, even better than expected. In fact, you feel down right euphoric about it. It dawns on you later as your own applause and the exhilaration begin to fade. You aren’t going to get acknowledged. Not for […]
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