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Words of life spoken

The sun shone brightly as I skipped through the backyard. I felt so big to be able to…

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Children can inspire us all

It’s not only my own child and her daughter that inspire me, and when a dear friend suggested…

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Sweet summer time

My eyes flickered open. Something was different this morning, but my sleepy thoughts couldn’t quite grasp what it…

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Don’t worry, be happy

I think people are way too stressed out these days, including me too often. Life just seems to…

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Thanks, Martha!

The big bird thawed in the sink. Some people say this isn’t the safest practice, to thaw a…

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A child’s words can touch you

This week I would like to share something my daughter, Brook, recently posted on Facebook about a conversation…

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Keep on smilin’

Wow! The kids just kept on coming. I was stringing nametags with yarn and writing the names as…

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We should all love our lives

I remember the 1970s when we all believed in the “100th monkey effect,” which hypothesized that a new…

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Sometimes you find unexpected blessings

That’s funny. My ring must have dropped off on the ground. I put my other jewelry on and…

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Choose a positive outlook

I was reminded, on the Fourth of July, of that day long ago — when my father was…