Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Of Life and Love
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He's stretched out on the couch in front of the television. Austin City Limits is on and I can hear Kenny Chesney singing from where I sit at the desk, paying bills. "Oh, this is a good one," I say. "Let's dance!" I expect the "No" but I ask anyway. I love to dance, but when I…
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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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I thought of it yesterday morning, but my brain is too busy these days. There's too much traffic, too much coming and going. Or maybe as I get older I just can't handle this much activity. At any rate, the thought was lost in the crowd. It fought its way back through the throngs, re-appearing…
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I realize Valentine's Day is behind us, but a chat with my mom, a movie, and an email from a friend have kept me thinking of Romantic Love and the different ways it can be expressed…especially those ways you don't anticipate when New Love first sets your heart on fire. My mother's Valentine story made me laugh.…
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In homage to Shake Russell's song, "What This Heart Holds", I decided, for Valentine's day, for Tom, I'd take a look inside. Here are a few things I discovered this heart holds… Intense blue eyes, sandy blonde hair, freckles scattered across broad shoulders… The fear and excitement of new love…that moment of recognition, that instant when my heart…
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That's what I told Tom this morning…"Happy Day-Before-Valentine's Day!" And this is what he said: "Every day is Valentine's Day with you." Sigh. How did I get so lucky? Believe me, I know for a fact there have been days when the last thing he would have called me was "Valentine"…but those days are easy…
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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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I've been trying to follow through on my vow to stop procrastinating by thinking ahead to Valentine's Day and wondering what the heck to get my Valentine? I'm running out of time! I need ideas! He'll frown on spending money, so that rules out tools and clothes. He's always complaining about my collections, my knick-knacks and mementos…
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It's Father's Day morning, 2009, and he rises early, happy, eager to spend the day with his three kids. His oldest son, now a young adult, is asleep on the couch downstairs; he spent the night just so he could attend church with his Dad. The man goes downstairs to wake his son…seconds later he feels the shattering of his heart,…
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Rain still dripped from the roof this morning, melting out of the sky. But I couldn't be totally heartless, and Lord knows I'm in no danger of melting myself, so I bundled up and took my critters for their walk to the curve. I think our little one-day vacation made them appreciate our morning adventure…
Long Hollow 