Tag: God's Gifts
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TV Times and the Locals

Over the past few days, there have been interesting conversations happening wherever we have been. Well that’s kind of open-ended isn’t it 🙂 . On Friday evening my husband and I were at a new restaurant that opened a few months ago. Many friends have recommended it so we stopped in just for a beverage…
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25 Years Ago

There is a span through a few weeks of June and July where I become a little melancholy. You see my dad passed away 25 years ago today. The doctors had told us in May of that year that he would only be with us for probably two months, and they were exactly correct in…
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Breakfast Buddies

Over the past several weeks we’ve gotten into a routine of going to breakfast with some fellow parishioners. It started because we used to just run into each other at different breakfast places on an occasional Sunday. So a few weeks ago Judy said to me during coffee hour in our great hall, “Where are…
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BBQ Brigade

Sounds like I’m attending some major event today right?! Well, I guess I am of sorts. Actually, I’m headed off to do some more canning for our Christmas Market later this year. I’ve shared here before that we have this wonderful Christmas Market at our church and all the proceeds from the sales go to…
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America the Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skiesFor amber waves of grainFor purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!America! America!God shed his grace on theeAnd crown thy good with brotherhoodFrom sea to shining sea! O beautiful for pilgrim feetWhose stern impassioned stressA thoroughfare of freedom beatAcross the wilderness!America! America!God mend thine every flawConfirm thy soul in self-controlThy liberty in…
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The 4th – Blessed

It’s hard to believe that we are heading into the long 4th of July weekend already. It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating Christmas. I always feel a little sad when the 4th rolls around because after that holiday it just seems like the rest of the summer becomes a blur and before you…
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Simple Friends

A few days ago in this little blog, I mentioned that we had dinner with some wonderful friends. During that evening we learned so much about each other. We shared how small we felt the world was as we started to talk about friends in our lives. My husband and I talked about how we…
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Flawless

Happy weekend everyone. I’m kind of continuing on from yesterday’s post in this little blog. I talked about how I purposely jumped out of my morning routine, and I was surprised at how good that felt. Well, I guess I’m continuing on, however, Saturdays are usually like that, not really a set routine and an…
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Longest Day of the Year

How many times have you found yourself saying, “It’s been a long day”. Well, today you can say that literally. Ahh…yes today is the first day of Summer, and THE longest day of the year. It’s actually kind of bittersweet you know. The first day of my favorite season, is the day with the most…
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Sleep – Hey That Works

Fun title of this little blog this morning eh…Well, I’m happy to report I’m cruising into this morning with much more sleep than the night before last. Boy, getting some sleep under your belt really does make things better. This body of ours, it really is an incredible “piece of work”. Father really did design…