Tag: Hope
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When We Lose Our Voice in the Presence of Grief
July has been a month, y’all. We were at a very popular amusement park here in Florida for the 4th of July. It was quite extraordinary that half of the nation’s population was not. We were expecting them, frankly. So we spent the first half of the day at one of the attractions that focuses…
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Healing From The Storms
The day that a major hurricane was making its way across central Florida, I left Jacksonville and headed north to Ohio. I wasn’t exactly evacuating. The people who had done so had intelligently done so quite earlier than that. No, I was headed to my son’s home to help them out as my daughter-in-law was…
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Trust Issues
I remember vividly the first presidential election that I voted in. It was 1980, I was 20 years old, and we elected Ronald Reagan. It was a landslide victory against Jimmy Carter. I have not missed voting in a presidential election since and have voted in pretty much most off year elections as well…
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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,…