I want to pay tribute to wonderful people I have known, the wonderful country in which I live, the communities in which I have lived, the churches who have claimed me as their own, the God who sends shivers down my back when I really give him a portion of my time—well, maybe not shivers but tears flow easily in some of those most priceless times.
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I’M OLDER THAN … FITTED SHEETS!
I have rid myself of many bed linens. Although I almost always strip the bed, wash and dry the sheets and remake the bed on the same day, I was careful to keep an extra pair of sheets just in … Continue reading
Posted in "Tween God and Me, aging, change, memories, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, changes, fitted sheets, I'm Older Than, me, memories
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I COUNT MY YEARS IN DECADES NOW
LAST YEAR I told you about my “birth” day. So today I will pick up my story beginning at ten years and and hitting the highlights of each decade of my life. As I thought this project over, I realize I … Continue reading
Posted in aging, materialism, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, changes, God's will, growing old, life, life's purpose, me, thankfulness
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FEELING BITTERSWEET
I’m having another birthday soon. So being nostalgic. FEELING BITTERSWEET Wearing sack dresses and platform shoes Reading Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Feeling bittersweet. Singing “How Much is That Doggie in the Window” Seeing Lassie fight bears and leave them … Continue reading
Posted in aging, memories, nostalgia, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, bittersweet, changes, memories, nostalgia
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IN THE HANDS OF THE POTTER
A MARKED DISCOVERY – I HAVE BEEN SECURE IN THE HANDS OF THE POTTER. “But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.” Isaiah … Continue reading
Posted in aging, September writing prompts, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, changes, marked discovery, potter's hands, security, September writing prompt
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LETTING GO
“I’ll deny it,” I thought. “I’ll tell them some boys came by and vandalized it.” I’ve driven for seventy years with only a speeding ticket now and then, no serious accidents. Now this is the third one in six months. They … Continue reading
Posted in Friday Fictioneers, Uncategorized
Tagged accidents, aging, changes, letting go, stop driving, vision
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PASSIONATE FLAMES
FIREBUG! That as the name of a play that my class performed in high school about 1949. My class was small, just over twenty students. Apparently they tried to give a role to everybody since I was assigned the role … Continue reading
Posted in aging, nostalgia, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, changes, Christianity, faith, family, flames, life's fulfillment, memories, nostalgia, passion, stuff
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UNIQUELY HIS
I’ve been browsing my blogging situation And found far more positives than I deserve, It is really beyond my imagination, As with pleasure I observe. About forty new followers who have had little to follow Thirty or forty who … Continue reading
Posted in aging, rehabilitation, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, blogging, changes, rehabilitation, relationship with God
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