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Memories, Photo Albums, and Scrapbooks
Memories, Photos Albums, and Scrapbooks, Me with Snooks Me with Mom About thirty years ago, I took up scrapbooking. I enjoyed it, although it was time-consuming. In the business of life, I focused on the present as my husband and I raised our...
Resolutions and Words
A Word for the Year Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, which usually fall by the wayside within a few days or weeks of the beginning of the new year, many of my friends chose a word for the year. I’ve done that several times, choosing words which I wanted to...
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
God, the Creator of the universe, made mankind in His image. That image was marred when Adam and Eve sinned, opening the way for suffering and death. Cain, Adam and Eve's oldest child, killed his brother Abel, in a fit of anger and jealousy--the first murder. (See...
Of Mice and Destruction
Mickey and Minnie Mouse, two icons of childhood for several generations---are you a fan? The cute and clever mice in Beatrix Potter's children's story The Tailor of Gloucester: you can't help but admire the way they show the tailor their gratitude and demonstrate...
“The Lord is my strength and song…”
The Hymns of Christmas I love the hymns of Christmas, songs of praise to God for the gifts of salvation and eternal life through His Son Jesus Christ. A celebration of Christ's birth wouldn't be complete without them. I also enjoy learning the stories behind Christmas...
Regret, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation
Regret, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation “Love means never having to say you’re sorry” is a line from Eric Segal’s novel Love Story and subsequent 1970 film version. I don’t agree. A loving relationship means an apology for an offense is essential to maintain that...
I Voted
One of my early childhood memories was talking to my father about the presidential election. It must have been 1956, when Eisenhower and Nixon ran for re-election, because I was only a year old in 1952. An airplane had dropped balloons and flyers down on our Long...
Friends, Like Siblings, Aren’t Exactly Alike
Our friends are not necessarily just like us, any more than our DNA is identical to that of our siblings. In my birth family of seven, I share some characteristics with my siblings, yet we are each unique in many ways. In The Three Sisters Series, Haleigh Abbott’s...
Demonstrating Faith by Prayer
A teen boy once asked me if I thought it was all right to ask God for a camera. He didn't say why he asked me this question. Prayer by a believer acknowledges God's sovereignty, power, and faithfulness. It also demonstrated faith on the part of the person who prays,...
An M&M Day
NATIONAL M&M DAY, OCTOBER 13 In the early days of television--not in the beginning, but close to the beginning--an ad appeared on TV in glowing black and white: a girl and a boy, about 8 years old, the girl in an organdy Sunday-best dress and white gloves,...
Autumn Poem
AUTUMN POEM When songbirds flock together, Preparing for southward flight, And shorter days spread darkness Into longer nights, The wind blows pinecones from the trees While acorns plunk to earth, And frisky squirrels hop to and fro Hoarding food for winter’s dearth....
Do It Now or Later?
Fight Procrastination Day! There's really a day set aside for this? Procrastinate. Do you? Procrastinate, I mean. If you’re like me, there are times when you put off or delay, or absolutely neglect, doing something you have to do or should be doing. Procrastination...
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