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My sister, Ferne, has three great-grandchildren.  They are the offspring of her two granddaughters. I am looking forward to a visit from two of the babies and their mother this next week.  Several months ago, my husband and I had a visit from all three of the babies.  While anticipating the visit, a friend of mine teased, …

Perhaps like you, I received an e-mail that contained some great little, humorous sayings, such as, “Don’t let your worries get the best of you.  Remember, Moses started out as a basket case.”  I printed them out. After picking them up this morning, the sayings  started me thinking.  Often we reduce our Christian experience to cute sayings and…

Perhaps one of the hardest things to keep in balance when you are faced with interruptions in your life are your healthy and eating habits.  Susan Brown, BeliefNet author, recently went through such a time. Ms. Brown spent days at the bedside of a relative.  Her blog, “What to do when you can’t H.A.L.T.” will…

Some say he could be one of the wealthiest men in the county.  His mother died about 10 years ago.  He has a beautiful home and a new car. This man has plenty of money.  There are two bankers and two lawyers who take care of his financial, investment and legal needs.  Unfortunately, his caregivers are not…

We recently got a kitten, and my biggest fear was that he would not use his litter box, but have “accidents” all over the house (we’ve had kittens before so we know the dangers!) Happily, he took right to the box.However, every morning while I’m engaging the unpleasant task of scooping out, Durango chooses just…

Tomorrow I’ll spend the last day with my grandson and his fiancee before he goes back to Alaska where he is stationed.  This was his pre-deployment vacation and I’m so honored that he wanted to spend it here with me.  Early in December, he will leave for Afghanistan.  They are both 20 and I can’t…

The first time I saw Dolores Norley was at an annual meeting of ARC in Daytona. I was impressed by how friendly she was and by her small frame and by her extremely large pocketbook.  I’d been told for several years that this woman was the best lawyer specializing in disability law in the US and perhaps the…

This week  my grandson, his girlfriend and I toured Kennedy Space Center.  I saw that one of the astronauts who walked on the moon had received a Exceptional Service Medal for this task. I was a bit shocked because my husband, Frank, also has a Exceptional Service Medal.  It is the highest award given to…

I walked away from my conversation with John’s only remaining family, a sister and brother-in-law, wishing I had known him better when he was alive.  But that always happens when I interview a family before attempting to conduct a memorial service or funeral. John died on a Wednesday.  He was a member of The Special…

We first moved to Brevard County more than forty years ago.  My husband and I joined a small church with a missions outreach. As a local missions project, the women of the church were going to a nearby town to “pattern” a young boy born with the umbilical chord wrapped around his neck.   This child was…
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