COLORING

I love to color. Apparently, a lot of adults do – just look at the marketing of adult coloring books! One of the best things to get as a gift is a brand new box of colors! It used to…

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INTO THE BUSHES

Let’s just make it a Funny Friday Renault Alliance Trilogy!   We had that car FOREVER!  It became the “junk car” that dad drove around town so as to not tie up the family van.  It was also the car…

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OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES

  I am back in the Renault Alliance we bought while in graduate school.  There are a number of memories that were created in that vehicle.   Hey!!!   FAMILY  memories!!

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BACKSEAT DRIVER

I seem to be stuck in the year 1986 recently.  Maybe because our firstborn child, born in ‘86, now has his own first born.  Maybe, I just don’t have enough to keep my mind busy and I am drifting….  …

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WHAT DO I DO WITH YOUR APOLOGY

  Apologies…. they don’t happen as often as they should. And whose fault is that?  Obviously…..well, you fill in this blank!   As I was thinking about how poorly we apologize to each other, I am also reminded of how…

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THE LOST ART OF CLEANING

The other day, our son, affectionately referred to as our “cellar dweller”, came home from his job and was detailing his activity.  He currently works, part time as the Affordable Care Act makes it impossible to work full time in…

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A LITTLE BUNDLE OF JOY

I have had the privilege to be present either during or shortly thereafter at a number of births. Four of them were my own, several were friends and/or folks from the churches where we served and two were with young…

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