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Month: December 2008

A Christmas Reminder

A Christmas Reminder

First Christmas Adventure with Grandma! (this is not a personal story, but one someone sent me via email, by an unknown, not named person) I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: “There is no Santa Claus,” she jeered. “Even dummies know that!” My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled…

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What Do You Choose?

What Do You Choose?

Every morning we face a choice. We can get out of bed and see life one of two ways….with the glass half full, or the glass half empty. We’re faced with choices every hour of every day. Choices to growl, complain and criticize, or CHOOSE to be thankful. We can speak words of peace, words that bring life and freedom, words of joy….or we can sow words of doubt, fear and negativity. There isn’t a person in this world, no…

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So Much To Be Thankful For

So Much To Be Thankful For

Thanksgiving Is Over, But…. Is that any reason to quit giving thanks? We dedicate one day a year to giving thanks, but how many of us do it even on that day? Yes, I know Thanksgiving is over, but Christmas is coming and it shouldn’t be all about shopping, baking and decorating. It, too, needs to be a time for quiet reflection on all we have to be grateful for. Here are just a few of mine: A wonderful family…

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