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The Birthday Girl. . . and a happy two!
Two years ago we had word that Emma E. came to us at 1 lb 12 oz. Over 30 years ago we had similar word of her father coming early too at a similar weight. We have gone to our knees many times in these years begging for the best in all worlds. And…
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How High Up You Reach. . . .
What is hidden will surface and cannot be forever controlled. ***** Manipulation is the black boot sitting on the head. ***** A broader view is the fullness of a larger life. ***** How to teach Within is the treasure and without the Within there is no Without. ***** Trying to stay sane in an…
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Given By Grace. . . .
As long as you don’t mind. . . . My mother and my sister would be saying now, there you go alibi-ing again. Why don’t you just say that you make excuses or that someone is too lazy to try, whatever they are not doing? Because I don’t want to think they…
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Straight on Through. . . .
Emile. . . . ‘Do come in,’ she motioned to the visitor. ‘Things are not straightened, but they will be shortly.’ The large home had seen numbers of people marching through the hall; booming voices, woman whispers, babies’ tears baptizing the walls and christening the…
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What Will You Do?. . . .
What Will You Do. . .when they tell you? Only by observing on a constant basis the differences of genetics and environment on your own children, can you begin to see how unequal we are born. This has been an ongoing study for me because of my own differences and peculiarities as compared to…
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Pieces Enlarge the Understanding. . .
When one has knowledge, one also has the obligation. ***** God is a word most people stop at because the mind balks at its meagre knowledge to proceed. ***** To not remember to lock the vault leaves it to be burglarized. Or easily opened at best to remember without those whose presence would have…
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The High Jumper. . .
It has been said with anger that I set the bar too high for mere mortals to scale. It was not for them the bar was set but for me, to rise as high as the immanent god had deemed for me. I could not know that they would try to jump for me.…
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Worry. . .Still An Advanced Skill. . . .
I Am Sorry, but it takes smarts. . . . When I hear the words hitting my soft spot with a why should I worry? You do such a good job of it! I want to be mean and snarky and say we would still be crawling on our bellies if we did not have…
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Favorite Aphorisms. . .
Favorite Aphorisms. . . We are the cabbage and the rose at once. Earthy and ethereal at once. ***** Memories are the bridge to the future. ***** To go over the same road again and again, until the pain as well as the joy no longer overwhelms, requires tough love. ***** Life was not…
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Time Is Now. . .
Events of this past week have shaken us all. Time is now that changes will be evident. Time is now that much will be demanded. And the young whose memories now of the violence that has taken their friends and innocence will demand restitution and behavior that comes with adulthood. The children shall lead us. …