Friendship and soup
I’m not sure if I’m going to post this. If I do, be gentle. The friend I’m writing about reads here. A friend and I had a discussion, of sorts, about friendship. About how it works best. My friend was…
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Hidden acts of kindness
I read a blog post a while ago about three questions one mom asks her kids about their friends. I’ve forgotten where I saw it. The third question was, “When was the last time they did something good when they…
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Because I am stupid and tasty
I wanted to tell the forum in question before I mentioned it here, but I finally did that yesterday. And the short story is, God spoke. And I didn’t like it. Here’s the long story: On Saturday, the family went…
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Scented
I can’t explain it, but lately, Angelborough smells really good. Everything bloomed here. I’m not sure what it is, but it’s gone into the air. Even when I can’t see flowers, the wind shifts, and suddenly I can. This is…
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Unconditional
Let’s talk nuts-and-bolts today: Love. Why do we talk about “unconditional love”? It occurred to me this morning that by definition, love should be unconditional, shouldn’t it? Do we ever talk positively about conditional love? Someone on one of my…
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You’re so pretty
At church on Sunday, I had to take my Very Active Baby into the back because he was being Very Active Indeed. Tarzan himself would have look on in envy of the baby’s technique as he swung from parent to…
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What grows in the garden
Moving into a new house has given us a mystery: what’s in the garden? The previous occupants were gardeners. They landscaped the property and were able to tell me in detail of all the different trees, shrubberies, and flowers they…
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In response to hatred
I participate in two online forums which frequently face questions about how to deal with toxic people. Many times these are family members, but at other times co-workers, bosses, friends, others they need to deal with on a daily basis….
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No, I’d rather not save your life
There was a rather long thread on one of my forums, since locked, and I wanted to see what you guys had to say about it. Here’s the post in a nutshell: a woman is asked to be screened to…
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a mom moment: my kingdom for quiet!
Before I married my Patient Husband, I realized one day how much I live in quiet. Left to my own devices, I seek out quiet and thrive in it. Writing, reading, thinking, and so on. That’s not to say I…
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