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Category: Remember when…
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"To love our neighbors as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality." – John Locke Dennis lived in Long Hollow first – years and years before anyone else thought it was appealing to live down a dirt road. He had…
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After the outpouring of love and support over the past few days about Charly's death, I don't think I want to "count my age by friends"…I'd be really, really old! I know there will be days when the Charly memories hit me hard…I know there will be tears…but right now God has answered prayers and I…
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This morning I slept later than usual…I reset my alarm three times and finally just turned it off. Eventually, I remembered all of the things I needed to do before work and rolled out of bed, just as the sun was coming up. I stepped through my morning routine, piddling with little tasks. I knew eventually I would have…
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Charly stopped eating last night. This morning he was too weak to go for a walk…even though Tom had the day off and would be joining us. So I stayed behind and petted him until Tom and Max returned, not wanting him to be alone. I had hoped it wouldn't come to this. I had…
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Twenty-four years ago today I became a new person…a mother. Becoming a mother revealed qualities within me that I never dreamed existed. "Self-centered" and "self-indulgent" were stripped away the moment I set eyes on the little life we named Tommy…the miracle combination of me and Tom that God created and presented back to us. From…
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It wasn't until Monday afternoon that I opened the email letting me know a dear friend had undergone surgery that very morning for life-threatening heart problems. Because of the holiday and busy weekend, I hadn't checked my email for several days…it took me awhile to weed through the crap that had accumulated in my inbox.…
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I'm playing hooky from work today (with permission)…maybe not the wisest decision in many ways, considering the holidays last week (I don't get paid when I'm not there), the expenses of this past weekend, bills that will need to be paid and Christmas just around the corner. But last year I had boxes piled around the house…
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I had a flash of deja vu this weekend when the priest announced to the wedding guests, "May I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shallue"… It helped that I was sitting in the pews, one of the wedding guests, instead of standing near the altar dressed in white. But still…it was a strange sensation. It was…
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I think Kendall's graduation cap and braided ropes hadn't been touched since she placed them on that chest right after the ceremony last June. I untangled the cords, hung them on a hook, and propped her cap up on her dresser. Stoney LaRue's voice floated in from the livingroom speakers…"May God bless you and keep you always, may your wishes…
Long Hollow 