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Simple Chatter

Simple Chatter

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If you’ve ever been around a group of people…little or big, your own children or your own classroom, even a group of friends….. you will be able to totally relate to this….

chatter.

Chatter-a sound that emanates from a room when everyone is talking at once.

Can you hear it now? Everyone is talking at the same time. They might be talking to you or each other, but nothing is distinguishable. Continue reading Simple Chatter

THUMP!!!!

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THUMP!

My husband and I were drinking our coffee in the family room this morning. A nice, quiet Sunday morning…enjoying the drop in temperatures and the cool morning breeze.

THUMP!

It actually was louder than that…but we did not know what had happened!
~Oscar, our Westie…was at our feet. So we knew he
had not gotten into something.
~We looked outside to see if a transformer had blown.
It was good.
~The breeze was a bit strong, so maybe a large tree limb
had fallen. Nope, no limbs. Continue reading THUMP!!!!

Face to Face with the Younger Me

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Face to Face with the Younger Me

I like the CCM group, For King and Country so much. They have a song which I like for a lot of reasons…but “Fix My Eyes” is such a good message to my younger self.

I turned 54 the other day. This was the age in which my dad died of a sudden heart attack. A rather sobering thought..and he seemed so young to me then. It seems really young to me now.

My body tells me that this ‘ole earth suit has aged..but the brain doesn’t feel the same.

But with age there has come some wisdom. Wisdom on what is important in life, and wisdom to know that I myself am not wise at all, that all I am is because of Jesus Christ.

So I decided to come “face to face with the younger me.” Continue reading Face to Face with the Younger Me