How to Curate Your Life
In the last couple of years, I've been very focused on making each hour and day count. You can ask my friends. When they've offered to pray, I've said, "I want to know my purpose and not waste time!" Maybe there's something about realizing that ...
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Matters That Matter
It was a good morning! At first light my coffee brewed as I journaled and enumerated my "gifts". #1,491-great hike with Diane and Jim. #1,492-Abigail's sweet wedding #1,494-Fall! All mornings don't begin like this. I hate to think how many mornings have started with my ...
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Life Was Easier When I Knew Everything
I once had answers for every situation. It felt good to evaluate people's dumb decisions and check a box on my mental list as to why they ended up in a bad place. I knew what they should've done differently. I recalled my former naïveté ...
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Better a Neighbor Nearby
"Better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away." It's been nearly a year now since Shari invited all the neighbor ladies over for a party at her home. A party to say goodbye to me. I wasn't the only one in tears that night ...
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Expectations
Pray, and let God worry. Martin Luther On my morning walk I was praying like it was my job— serious praying that befits this season. Friends with serious health diagnoses, a sweet friend fighting for her life after a horrific accident and a couple manuevering ...
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Oh to be Alone
A few months ago, while waiting in a long line, I found myself listening to a conversation in a public place. There was mild irritation between a husband and wife who were disagreeing over a minor issue concerning a child. A mom, who wasn't acquainted ...
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Is Your Table Big Enough?
Is your table big enough for folks outside your family? Is your heart large enough to offer a hand of friendship to a neighbor or a stranger? I remember how scared I was the day before I hosted a dinner in our home for the ...
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Reaping Where I Didn’t Sow
I stepped outside into a beautiful April morning and did a little trimming in our mini-yard. Compared to the acre we lived on earlier, this yard is on the tiny side. I stumbled into a small spot in between our house and Debbie's. There, hidden ...
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Back in the Saddle
In our new neighborhood we have a lovely walking path that I've referred to as "hilly" and "good for the legs". Last week I took out an instrument of torture on the lovely path— the instrument I formerly referred to as my bike. The lovely ...
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Hope in Room 562
I rushed to my sister's side as soon as I could get there. We're sisters of the heart, not birth. "I must really love you to drive seven hours to see you." I told my friend, Dolly. She'd recently come close to death from a ...
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True Blue- The Splendor of Friendship
true blue: marked by unswerving loyalty Hey Love...in jackson hospital in montgomery. chronic heart failure they say. on lasix and will be here a couple days. going to bed soon please pray. docs don't know why its happening. Let's talk tomorrow if you can...i love ...
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One of God’s Best Ideas
It's the last day of November and I'm not thinking of Christmas. As I unpack boxes in our new house, my mind keeps landing on what happened thirty-two years ago today. After knowing each other for six months and seeing each other only a handful ...
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