Category: Moments, Thoughts, Life
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I feel as if for the last few months I’ve been driving on a two lane road that’s under construction. There hasn’t been any cross streets allowing me to turn off. The shoulder is under construction as well, so don’t think for one moment about going around. There are dump trucks, bulldozers, other big pieces…
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I may not make many friends with this one, especially girlfriends, but there are those times you have to call it as you see it. It is becoming more and more apparent to me the amount of influence and thus control women really do have. We can manipulate almost any situation. Don’t think for a…
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These past few months my life has been filled with examples of letting go. Letting go of children as they establish their own families. Letting go of material belongings, some that seem to have been unfairly taken away. Letting go of old habits that aren’t so healthy in the second half of life. Letting go…
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My mother, who resides in Wisconsin and I flew to Charlotte, North Carolina to begin the process of downsizing my aunts belongings. We are a small family; I only have one aunt on my mother’s side and only one cousin. Mom and I had talked for years about our desire to be a part of…
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THE SONG Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never: And be you blithe and bonny, Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny. Sing no more ditties, sing no moe, Of dumps so dull and heavy;…
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There is nothing worthwhile for a man but to eat and drink and afford himself enjoyment with his means. And even that, I noted, comes from God. To the man, namely, who pleases Him, He has given the wisdom and shrewdness to enjoy himself; and to him who displeases, He has given the urge to…