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Category Archives: Gifts
I Put Your Hand in Mine
To my dear wife: I feel a rolling warmth through my being every time I put your hand in mine. First I feel connected to you and then surrounded by you. Why should this be if I am claustrophobic? I … Continue reading
Posted in Contentment, Despair, Feelings, Gifts, Grace, Grief, Happiness, Healing, Life, love, Marriage, Memory, mercy, Miracles, Perspective, Praise, Prayer, Priorities, relationships, Restoration, Sleeplessness, Thankfulness
Tagged Appreciation, Grace, Identity, Loss, Love, Marriage, Prayer, Principles, Relationship, Self Worth, Spouse, Thankfulness, Wedding, Wife
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Not Made by Human Hands
With so much gorgeous color all around in Spring it is natural to stop and notice it. In fact men and women have so admired flowers and other parts of nature they have made duplicates of them. I remember seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Appreciation, Art, Balance, Belief, Creation, Depression, Enjoyment, Fear, Feelings, Gifts, God, Grace, Letting Go, Life, Nature, Old Age, Perseverance, Photography, Reality, Seasons, Spring, Time, Trust, Worry, Youth
Tagged Aging, Appreciation, artistic expressions, Creation, Fear, Gifts, God, Renewal, Surrender, Trust, Worship
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Questioning Life’s Reproductive Mystery
A blessing breeze blows over the earth each time a seed is created. A seed is the product of fertilization and growth within the mother plant. It is the miracle of potential encased within a tiny coat, packed with enough … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Creation, Gifts, Life, Meditation, Nature, Pleasure, Praise, Spring
Tagged Appreciation, Creation, Gifts, Life, Nature, Quiet Time, Renewal, Seeds
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I Met My Wife in My Former Church
A Gust of Grace blew into my life in November of 2009. On that Sunday I visited my old home church and saw someone I had known over 20 years ago. Seven months later we were married. At the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Communication, Courage, Faithfulness, Focus, Gifts, Grace, Grief, Guidance, Happiness, Laughter, Letting Go, Life, love, mercy, On Line Dating, Perspective, Principles, Priorities, Providence, relationships, Sense of Humor, Trust, Values, Wisdom
Tagged Abiding, Fun, Grief, Identity, Integrity, Life, Perseverance, Relationships, Surrender, Trust
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The Past is Past
Lessons from Life: No one has yet invented a time machine that will allow us to travel forward or backwards in time. I doubt they ever will because, as I understand it, you have to exceed the speed of light … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Appreciation, Enjoyment, Feelings, Gifts, Happiness, Holidays, Life, love, Memory, Principles, Reality, relationships, The Past, Time, Wisdom, Youth
Tagged Aging, Appreciation, Forgiveness, Life, Past, Perseverance, Quiet Time, Relationships, Time
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To Grandmother’s House We Go
Living in the Past: Back when I was growing up, it was always a treat to go to grandmother’s house. One of my earliest memories of her is being in a park somewhere together feeding bread crumbs to ducks. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Contentment, Courage, Enjoyment, Famous People, Feelings, Focus, Gifts, Grand children, Grandmothers, Grandparents, Happiness, Letting Go, Life, love, Memory, Old Age, Perspective, relationships, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
Tagged Aging, Children, Gifts, Identity, Life, Memories, Retirement
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