Tag: Encouragement
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Who We Run Alongside Matters
. Tuesdays Matter Tuesdays are strange days. For some reason they were picked as the day America votes. We choose everything from our local school board to our mayor. We elect our county officials, state representatives, and every four years our president. Tuesdays matter. The District Meet They matter in smaller but significant ways, too.…
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“Just Plant Your Feet and Pull”
We put a stupid amount of money into sod to cover the drain field for our upcoming house that we are building. It’s a requirement of the county we live in. I suppose there is a good reason for it–something like not letting all that dirt we also paid a lot of money for…
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When Everything Says Go For It
He always stood in the back row, center. The biggest smile, bright eyes. Not sure if his was the best voice in the choir, it didn’t matter. It was a choir. He contributed every week with his spirit, his joy, his obvious love for not just his God, but music. I miss him. Oh,…
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Disillusionment and Illusions
There is a beauty and a danger in this world of social media. I am old enough to remember a world without the internet. Well, without the internet in everyone’s orbit. The more I learn, the more I am aware that things were in the development process well before most of us were aware…
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Live Life Like a Little League Baseball Kid
This past weekend was the final games of our grandkids’ baseball season. Now, to lay the groundwork, you need to realize that there are different levels of kids’ baseball. There is what I would call rec-league. Then official Little League. Then, for the hard-core folks, we have Travel Ball. Each level has its own dynamic,…