Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: My Evolution
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Frankie the Guinea Fowl usually escorts me to my car every morning, then runs alongside until we reach the property line. I have no idea why; it's just what he does. For some reason, he feels this is his duty and therefore, I'm honored. This morning, however…no Frankie! I finally traced his chirps into the…
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It's a darling place, my son's girlfriend Kirby's first apartment. The wooden floor and vintage telephone niche give its age away, but it has held up better than most 50+-year-olds I know. Yes, it's obvious it's had a little "work" done…some nips and tucks and new cabinets…but nothing outlandish, fake or too youthful. Hubby Tom and I got…
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Who says you can only celebrate big on the milestone years? For over a year my high school classmates and I danced and WA-HOO!ed our way through our 50th birthdays. Now all of the stragglers (those babies of the class of '77) have caught up while others are moving on to 51. But the parties haven't stopped. Why should…
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It's been almost ten years, but I can still remember that suffocating weight of construction loan deadlines, knowing if we didn't finish what we needed to by a certain date, everything we had accomplished up to that point would vanish…poof!…like sawdust on a windy day – along with all of our money, dreams…everything. The deadlines press down on you, squeezing the breath…
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On the news yesterday morning, I heard it was snowing in Dallas, so I called my oldest baby boy. "Hey, is it snowing? "Yeah." "So did you go play in it?" (guffaw) "No…I'm already late to work because of it! Why would I do that?" "Because you're a kid and it's snowing!" (sigh…I guess he's…
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Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible. W. Stanley MooneyhamAmerican minister and speaker, 20th century ********************** I was bemoaning the fact that, despite hundreds of miles run, lunges lunged and squats thrusted, and losing enough weight that I could buy my bras in "training" sizes, I still have my grandmother's…
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