Category: The Library
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November Gratitude: Just Five?
“Just five?” That was Brian’s response. You see, we have started reading a book together on parenting and raising children and love and discipline. Each chapter holds exercises for us to do together. Exercises that we discovered will not only enrich our mind and heart when it comes to parenting but also when it comes…
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November Gratitude: Knowing & Being Known
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us…
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November Gratitude: Sight
This morning I woke up on the couch at 6:00. Yes, I slept there all night. No, Bri and I are not fighting. I fell asleep there while watching a movie with Bri and never woke up. So I climbed off the couch and tripped in the dark over furniture and slippers into the kitchen…
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November Gratitude: Freedom
Today I voted for the candidate and amendments that I believe are best for our state, for our nation. I know millions are doing this same thing all across America. Far too often I take this freedom for granted. This freedom to walk into a voting booth without fear. This freedom to make my voice…
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November Gratitude: Endings and Beginnings
“Cancer changes your life, often for the better. You learn what’s important, you learn to prioritize, and you learn not to waste your time. You tell people you love them. My friend Gilda Radner used to say, ‘If it wasn’t for the downside, having cancer would be the best thing and everyone would want it.’…
A Spring of Joy 