Month: November 2008
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How Will You Celebrate?
“If, as Herod, we fill our lives with things, and again with things; if we consider ourselves so unimportant that we must fill every moment of our lives with action, when will we have the time to make the long, slow journey across the desert as did the Magi? Or sit and watch the stars…
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The Unthankful Heart…
…discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~Henry Ward Beecher So I continue on my quest to find the blessings in every day, in every hour. 228. Curling up by warm heaters on…
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What Do I Need?
(As you read this, please take the time to blow away the chaff of my scattered mind and find the grain of my heart.) Over the past few days I’ve had several people ask, “What do you need?” I’ve thought a lot about the answer to that question, and the practical, black and white, type-A…
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Cooliness
We interrupt the weariness to share these important laughter moments. Bear. Need I say more? The constant flow of words like lovely, fascinating, amazing and gorgeous which pours from his four-year-old mouth are enough to keep me in stitches, but there’s more… oh, how there is more. One day sitting at breakfast, he stopped, looked…
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The Results Are In…
… and (deep sigh) looks like it’s cancer again. I will have surgery on December 5th for them to remove some residual thyroid tissue (from my thyroidectomy 11 years ago) and remove the enlarged lymph nodes. It’s a 2 1/2 – 3 week recovery period, then after the holidays we’ll look at follow-up treatment. The…
A Spring of Joy 