blessings
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Great Expectations
A friend and I were recently talking about our kids… as parents are wont to do. On this occasion, my friend was telling me about an experience his middle son had with a guidance counselor at the local high school… Continue reading
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Mine/Not Mine
After enduring the rigors of this move, I no longer feel quite so smugly superior to those squalling seagulls from the Finding Nemo movie. Do you remember them? These were the seagulls that swarmed around any discarded morsel of food… Continue reading
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No magic wand
Have you ever played the “magic wand” game? That’s the game where someone says to you, “If you could wave a magic wand and change ONE THING about your life, what would it be?” If you are anything like me,… Continue reading
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Dragon Slayer
Last night Joan and I took a brisk, 40-minute drive over to Lawrence, Kansas. Lawrence, as I am sure you all know, is the home of the University of Kansas. The purpose of our trip, however, had nothing to do… Continue reading
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Sometimes it’s complicated
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Our little Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier puppy Rosie had grown to her full size and was becoming a handful for Joan and me. Yes, a fuzzy, lovable, cute handful. But a handful… Continue reading
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The Final Quarter
Joan and I drove to my stepdaughter’s house in Ft. Collins, Colorado the other day. This involved driving across the entire state of Kansas, east to west, and then half the state of Colorado. It is a trip of roughly… Continue reading
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Uncommonly Common
If there is one thing we have proved conclusively in this country, it is that, contrary to the old saying, what’s good for the goose is NOT necessarily also good for the gander. At least that’s what the gander seems… Continue reading
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Those Helpers
It’s really amazing, it just blows my mind The incredibly helpful people I find. They don’t even know me, yet they run to assist Offering wise guidance so that nothing is missed. One man appeared on my TV last night… Continue reading
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Where is the Justice?
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. – Isaiah… Continue reading
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Need Answers?
If you want to know what is right, just ask me… … on virtually ANY topic. Let’s start with DRIVING. I can tell you how fast you should be driving, which lane you should be in, how (and when) to… Continue reading