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50 things I’m thankful for as I turn 50

In: Faith, Family on: February 25, 2017

I confess, I wrote and deleted a very different post to mark my birthday today. It was much more . . . melancholy. But the morning after I wrote it I realized that my mindset is the fulcrum on which the emotional see-saw …

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A New Monday Feature–Light My Way

In: Faith on: May 20, 2016

Hey y'all! I figured it was time to shake things up a bit, so I'm abandoning my Sunday Psalm and instituting a new feature which will appear on Mondays. I'm calling it "Light My Way." Let me explain. Way back in …

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Don’t Stop Learning

In: Life, Uncategorized, Writing on: June 5, 2013

It's no secret that my husband and I would have remained college students forever if we could have. We love learning. We love living in an environment of ideas. So as I take my youngest to his college registration/orientation …

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When My Mind Works Best

In: Life, Uncategorized on: January 9, 2010

Picture the scene:The blue sky deepens to black. The house darkens, room by room, and grows still. Quiet settles. It is time to sleep.Or is it?Precisely at that moment when everyone else in my house drifts into dreamland, my …

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