Tag Archives: blogging

When little people get ugly

Posted on August 21, 2019 by

Originally posted on Megspot:
When Molly was in grade two, her teacher called me aside to tell me that she and her BFF had been in a bit of an argument, but neither girl would talk about why. The teacher…

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Eavesdropping and Etiquette

Posted on August 7, 2019 by

Originally posted on cricketmuse:
This month’s Why We Say is a batch fresh from the “E” section. Eavesdropper Going back to the Saxon days of England, a person could not build right to the property line since it was mandated…

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She’s Off for Good

Posted on July 31, 2019 by

Originally posted on Eating My Way to the Top:
My wife and I just dropped our 17-year-old daughter off at the airport so she can spend the next 2½ weeks volunteering with a humanitarian organization that’s building schools and teaching…

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My grief is a three year old.

Posted on July 24, 2019 by

Originally posted on yellowlamplight:
I had that thought the other day–that my grief was a three year old.  I smiled.  I couldn’t help it.  The comparison was too humorous.  Too true. My grief really is a three year old in…

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Lights, Camera, Action

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

Originally posted on Matthew Winters (Honest Thoughts from a Pastor):
The countdown begins. The band begins to play. A worship team skillfully sings the latest and greatest worship songs while those in the back flash lights and cue the smoke…

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Hope Springs

Posted on July 10, 2019 by

Originally posted on Ali :
No matter how bleak the winter No matter how bare the tree Still, in spring, each twig Dreams big. Silver tips Bud, Unfurl: Emerald curl; In sure belief of summer’s sun, yet to come, A verdant…

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Tell Me Why

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

Originally posted on A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent.:
In my voice – Tell me why My partner was taken from us when she was so young. The system continually…

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