Category: From the Heart!
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Once, for every day of the year…
There is one phrase in the Bible that is repeated 365 time. Once for every day of the year. Do you know what that phrase is? “Do not be afraid.” Any given day can bring discouragement, heartache and pain. Life can leave you tormented. Your family & friends can turn against you. Your health can…
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Live a Life by Design…Guilt Free!
It took me 3 years but I finally finished writing my first book, “Living Life by Design.” I wish I could say it was a labor of love but truthfully, it was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done. The book is a roadmap to living the life you’ve always dreamed of having…Guilt…
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A Rare Bird Indeed…
Benjamin Franklin said, ‘Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.’ In my lifetime, I have rarely known anyone who was genuinely happy & content. They may have said they were happy, but I knew otherwise. I can certainly attest to the words of Martin Luther when he said, ‘Contentment is a rare…
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I almost died from the smell…
I remember the first time I volunteered to be a counselor at a teen boys camp. I thought to myself, “How tough could it be?” I loved working with teens and for some strange reason, they kind-of liked me. So, the adventure began. The first night after dinner, we played a game of hide &…
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The Mystery Machine
As a child in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, I looked forward to Saturday morning. Partly because there was no school, but mostly because of cartoons. I looked forward to “Tom & Jerry”, “Space Ghost”, “Johnny Quest”, and most of all, “Scooby Doo”. I loved how Scooby and the gang would arrive in their Mystery…
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Beach Ball with Fingers…
It was 1971, and my dad was driving me to my first day of junior high school. As I left the car he said, “Go get ‘‘em Tiger.” I rolled my eyes and was off. After only a few days of school my new classmates had generously given me a new nickname…”beach ball with fingers.”…
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Pleases & Thank You’s!
I am blessed with 6 incredible grandchildren. Their ages are 17, 15, 15, 5, 3 and 3 months. All my grandchildren are wonderful…but what Papa wouldn’t say that. When I take them out I never have to remind them about “pleases & thank you’s.” We taught them to be thankful – not for our own…
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“You cannot be serious!” – John McEnroe
“You can not be serious!” – John McEnroeIn the late 1970’s, early 1980’s I played numerous local tennis tournaments. San Bernardino, California was a hot spot for great tennis. In one tournament I was playing a very good tennis player, Mike Duran. I had defeated him in a previous tournament in straight sets. I respected…
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Winning the World Series!
Back when I was in the 3rd and 4th grade, my two best friends lived next door. They were Kirk and Mark (we called Mark, Marker. I don’t remember why). Kirk was a year older than me and Marker was a year younger. Kirk loved Baseball. He would play baseball in the street with some…
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Power Game…
Power is an interesting word. It can have so many different meanings but one thing is for certain. Everyone wants it. When I first picked up a tennis racquet, I wanted a power game like Jimmy Connors. I went to the library and looked through tennis magazines trying to find pictures of the, “Brash Basher…
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