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Under New Management

I’m driving home from North Carolina, and I see an old restaurant with a dangling sign, half-lit.  It says, “Come In!  We’re Under New Management!” 

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One Simple Thing We Need

Last night I consider what a wise mentor once told me:  “Sometimes your most spiritual activity might just be taking a nap.” I’m so tired

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You’ll Make It

Today, my youngest daughter and I float petals in the creek.  She loves to launch a flower where the creek begins and watch it find

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Graceful Adulthood

Whenever I return to my husband’s little hometown of Fuquay-Varina, NC, I’m always amazed that people actually do grow up.  The little children who once

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My Christmas Debacle

I’m at a Christmas Eve party in an unfamiliar home, and I go upstairs to find my daughters to alert them we’re heading home.  All

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We Have a Problem

My youngest daughter receives magnetic earrings from Grandma to pretend as if those little ears are really pierced.  The magnet jewel sits on top of

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Another Dimension

This morning at grandpa’s house, I take a moment to read a pop-up book by Robert Sabuda, the paper engineering genius.  I marvel over the

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A Great Christmas Verb

This morning, I realize that Christmas delights.  Delight (as a noun) means great pleasure and joy, and (as a verb) it means to both give

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