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New Year Thoughts

Posted on December 31, 2018 by

I usually end the year with two posts: Favorite Things, and Joy of the Month Club.  You’ll understand a little about what my year has been like if you look back and see that the posts I wrote a year … Continue reading →

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Joy of the Month Club, 2017

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

Everybody has problems.  Life is hard.  The older I get the more I realize that everyone is carrying some kind of burden in this very broken world.  One of the things we’re here on earth to do is to lighten … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Discoveries 2017

Posted on December 31, 2017 by

Time for my annual Top Ten Discoveries post!  Every year I write about the ten things that made my life easier, tastier, safer, more efficient, or just plain better.  This year it was difficult to choose because there are some … Continue reading →

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Head to Heart

Posted on October 15, 2017 by

One day this week I came into my room to find one of my students sitting on the swiveling stool that I keep in front of my room.  I was in the middle of running some errands and was just … Continue reading →

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Training

Posted on September 24, 2017 by

My daily scripture reading recently led me to I Timothy 4:7.  Five little words leapt off the page and smacked me right in the face: “…train yourself to be godly.”  Training is a thing with which I have become very … Continue reading →

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Lesson in the Gutter

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

It finally happened.  I have a running injury.  I think the problem is my piriformis muscle (bet you didn’t know you had one of those), but I have a weekend appointment to find out.  It’s hard to slow down, but … Continue reading →

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Dream Come True

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

Nine years ago I attended the Myrtle Beach Marathon to cheer for a student who was running for me.  He ran to raise money for my cancer treatment and I was about a month out from my last chemo treatment. … Continue reading →

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Overwhelmed by Thankfulness

Posted on March 1, 2017 by

It’s been a difficult school year.  Being a teacher was never for the faint of heart.  Now it’s for the just plain crazy, or the definitely called.  Honestly, sometimes I’m not sure which is true of me.  In any case, … Continue reading →

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Fool Me Twice…

Posted on January 7, 2017 by

I’ve heard a lot lately about Lucy and Charlie Brown and the annual football incident that we Boomers remember so well from good old Charles Schultz.  Every year Lucy would talk Charlie Brown into letting her hold the football while … Continue reading →

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Joy of the Month Club, 2016

Posted on January 1, 2017 by

Here I am on New Year’s Eve baby sitting three of my grandchildren.  The kids are all in bed and we have cheese, crackers and shrimp set up on the ottoman.  The sparkling grape juice is in the fridge and … Continue reading →

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