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Life’s Lessons
What do you have planned for today? And what if, as so often happens, today seems to sprout wings and fly by without getting that task accomplished?So...
Life’s Lessons
I guess it’s about time to bring you up to date on Kelly and her latest quirks. Yes, quirks!At 10 and a half years of age, she is exhibiting som...
The many years I lived hundreds of miles from my mother, I always tried to get home for Mother’s Day. I don’t remember if I always made it...
Life’s Lessons
We needed to make another trip to West Virginia after not seeing my cousins since the memorial service for their mother before Christmas. So we determ...
Life’s Lessons
Just 10 days before Christmas, we were in West Virginia for a memorial service which was to be held late that afternoon. As the time worked out, we ne...
Life’s Lessons
Today’s language, at least that of older adults, is peppered with colloquialisms dating back to earlier, simpler times.Some of those sayings are...
Life’s Lessons
Scripture admonishes us to “…love your neighbor as yourself.” This is found in Matthew 22:39 as well as in other New Testament sites...
Life’s Lessons
I don’t watch a lot of television. With my rather severely impaired hearing, the challenge to understand most shows is greater than the satisfac...
Life’s Lessons
It had been a relatively busy day for a retiree! Oh, not busy like it was when I was working but still there were the usual demands of the day, includ...
Life’s Lessons
It was just one of those nights! I had gone to bed at the usual time and had slept for about three hours. When I woke up, I made the usual nighttime t...
