Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Friendship
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Having another child doesn't affect your life in a linear way, as all parents of more than one child will tell you. That's still true, even when the child is twenty. Daniel is home for Christmas break, and that means more laundry, more groceries, more cooking, more bickering, more vehicles breaking down so more shuttling…but it also…
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We went to two parties in one week, which is a lot for us! Last Sunday was our church party – lots of barbecue and dancing - and this past Friday was…well, I have to go back a few years to explain… When we decided to move to Austin, Tom started combing the want-ads. He lucked…
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Our little dusting of snow was exciting, but wouldn't you know, the Houston area had a REAL snowfall out of the same system that just teased us the other night. As my sister put it, "We got more snow than you…nah nah nah!!!" My friend Cliff shared pictures that his wife took - he was trying to find a safe route home…
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A thick gray blanket of clouds covered the sky this morning – everything was drab and dull on my walk. Frankie stayed home and the dogs disappeared so I was alone. Soon, I realized my thoughts matched the gray sky - Wayne's funeral is today and a friend is having surgery and then I started thinking about…
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My kids are all here under one roof again…there's bickering, teasing, laughing, arguing…I've had coffee with my parents, helped my mom get the turkey into the oven, and soon my siblings and their families will crowd into the small house with us. We'll eat, laugh some more, argue some more, go for walks, watch football.…
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Email can seem impersonal at times, but it's actually good when it's delivering sad news, like the death of a friend. You have time to look at the words, step back away from them, roll them around in your head and let them ease down into your heart. You don't have to come up with…
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Every morning when I sit down with my coffee and Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon Swirl toast, I'm transported back to the front porch of this quaint Victorian house in Weston, Missouri… Suddenly, it's not 5 am in my quiet, chilly kitchen, but midmorning on a sunshine-filled day in spring – still a little chilly, though, because it's Missouri, and…
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Monday after work I made a beeline to the church to light a candle. I normally light one after Mass every Sunday, but this past Sunday I was at Mama and Daddy's Baptist church. No candles. I like the Catholic tradition of lighting prayer candles – the idea of a continuous flame pointing up to God, carrying my…
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My dear friend Ann turns fifty today. Ann is fifty….Ann is fifty? No….no matter how often I write it, or how many more years go by, Ann will never be fifty..or fifty-five…or sixty. Ann is and always has been ageless…her spirit is simultaneously young and old…fun-loving, adventurous, spontaneous, mischievous, passionate…marbled with wisdom, peacefulness, charm, practicality, and common sense. …
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