Recently, my mom told me a story about her grandmother – one I had not heard before. During a flu epidemic, my great-grandmother helped people in her community who were sick and helped to “lay out” those who died as a result of the flu.
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Monday, January 19th, 2015
Even though she graduated high school over forty years ago, my sister-in-law, Charlotte, will never let my mother-in-law, Aggie, forget that she made her young daughter wear socks to school her senior year, instead of buying nylon hose for her like all the other girls were wearing at the time.
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Saturday, January 17th, 2015
Abraham Lincoln once said, “No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.” George Washington was quoted as saying, “I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” In a time in whic
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Friday, January 16th, 2015
My second Snapple column has arrived. Why a column about Snapple, you ask? No, it’s a Snapple cap column. Here are a few more interesting tidbits that you probably wouldn’t ordinarily realize. I know I wouldn’t.
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
For many years, my late husband read The Old Farmer’s Almanac (with a yellow cover). I haven’t seen the 2015 issue of that publication. But, while shopping last month, I picked up the Harris’ Farmer’s Almanac 2015.
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Monday, January 12th, 2015
Yesterday, I spent the better part of an hour trying to make a cut-out snowflake the way my fifth grade teacher, Ms.
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Sunday, January 11th, 2015
It is not uncommon for men to marvel at things. However, the Son of God marveling at something merits our attention. In two places in the New Testament, it says Jesus marveled. One time, Jesus marveled at men’s faith.
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
Winter has arrived. New Year’s resolutions have – or haven’t – been made, and most people are back on their regular work or school schedules. Since many of us dipped into our savings for Christmas, it seems like a good time to cut back on spending.
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Sunday, January 4th, 2015
It’s Sunday morning, I can hear Garey and Sabria playing on the front porch. Natalie is watching a movie in the living room, and I’m trying to talk myself into loading breakfast dishes into the dishwasher. My daughter, Nikki, and her fiancé, Thomas, left about eight this morning, and are on the
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