Hopeful! “You have been hit by lightning; but you will be okay.” ~ The Neurologist ~ Those have become my most oft quoted words, of late. I have not been enjoying the freedom, which I thought the vaccine would bring. Instead, I had an ear infection in March, which turned into the most challenging...
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Finally! “Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!” ~ Isaiah 31:18 ~ I burnt up my tea kettle. I could have ordered a replacement, and maybe should...
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Do You Remember Do you remember the day we met? Everything seemed so ordinary, I could not have imagined what that encounter would mean. It was your earrings which drew me to you. They did not match. I figured it was with intent; But was not sufficiently sophisticated to know that was...
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The Train is in Motion A year ago we were on the way to Florida. We had been trying to time our trip around birthdays. I was upset about the fact that I would be late for Christine’s birthday, but was looking forward to celebrating Joy’s in Maine. Though we were aware of...
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My Fran Mrs. Frances Hines I thought that I was finished writing obituaries. In the last ten years, I have lost too many people and had decided to stop writing about those losses; but this is different, Fran was different. Fran lived a very full life, and most people would say a long enough...
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Change No, the change we have all been waiting for has not yet come; but I am still hopeful. Never-the-less, there has been change, whether we wanted it or not, there has been change. As I often do, this year I sent out Thanksgiving Day cards. I had not bought them last year, after...
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An Ice-cream Scoop She is overwhelmed And perhaps in a bit of shock As I extend my hand toward hers Her thank you Are the most sincere words I have ever heard uttered She has been asking the cashier For the total after each item is rung Clutching her wallet Trying to calculate What...
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November 2020 Growing up New Year’s Eve was spent in church; we had a vigilia, an all-night vigil, or prayer meeting. There would be food, of course, and lots of socializing, along with prayer. I miss those New Year celebrations. Since those long gone days, I do not think much about the New Year...
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Ready or Not Change calls out to us: “Ready or not here I come!” Wait! I respond; I am not ready. But whether we are ready or not is actually of no concern to her. She was just stating a fact, not asking a question. Either way she is coming and we must embrace...
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Higginsville “It is not that we are old, we are just not young anymore.” The words are not mine, and I am afraid I may not have quoted them correctly. I heard them, on the original Magnum P.I., spoken by Tom Selleck’s character, and thought about how true they rang. Magnum P.I., the original...
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