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A Touch of Encouragement

Dear Friends, I am running off today to celebrate my tenth anniversary with my wonderful husband, Jon. Okay, I’m not running off. I’m actually sitting here with ice on my left foot, wondering if I broke my toe. So much for that romantic dream of hiking through the woods on Valentine’s Day. Yes, we were…

Love and Windex never fail.

Some of you may remember my story of rescuing the lost puppy who was running in and out of traffic last week. After attempting to find his owner, we finally took him to the nearest humane society and signed up to be “Charlie’s” family if he wasn’t claimed. The good news is that Charlie, or…

I sat in a hospital waiting room recently, awaiting news from the OR while a friend was in surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Over the hours I watched as two others waited nervously on the other side of the room for news of a loved one in another operating room. As time passed, other…

Taking a break from all the “ings.”

Dear Friends, We’re going back in time today. I’m attaching links to a two-part interview that Dinah Shore did with Paddy Chayefsky back in 1977. Part 1, Part 2 First, notice how much TIME she gave him to make his points, without interruption, without trite attempts to turn his sincere observations about the future of…

A simple errand gives a man a new goal.

If I’d had another cup of coffee after church, we’d have been too late to see the dog run across the street. If we’d left church a few seconds sooner, we would have hit the dog as it ran under our wheels. But ten seconds made all the difference, and as we drove home, we…

If you are joining us here for the first time, WELCOME! Somewhere out there in cyberspace, I imagine someone sitting in front of a computer, typing the word “hope” into a search engine, seeking just a moment of encouragement, a reason to hang in there, a voice that says “don’t give up today.” My mother…
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