Created to Be Together
As I sat listening to Sunday’s sermon on the importance of small groups; I realized that part of the message can be applied to surviving medical mayhem. Whether you are the caregiver or the care
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A Queen Size Bed Brings a Queen Size Gift
Have you noticed how sometimes change can inadvertently bring you unexpected gifts? Consider it a bonus for all the hassle that change can bring. It all started with a queen size bed for our guest
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Fresh HOPES, Fresh PLANS, Fresh EFFORTS, Fresh FEELINGS, Fresh COMMITMENT. Welcome 2020 with a fresh ATTITUDE. Wishing you pure joy, laughter and peace of mind in this New Year. Happy New Year! Loretta Start the
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How Big is Too Big? How Much is Too Much?
I used to celebrate Christmas in a big way with miles of garlands and icicle lights outlining our home that illuminated night into day and a tree in every room. Those days are long gone
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Have You Lost Your Peace?
Medical mayhem is something I know personally. It has “moved my cheese”, made me “lose it”, and even at times wished God would just end it (it being me). Are you there? Maybe your grown
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I’ll Have What She Has
Have you ever met someone who seemed to just glow with happiness, energy, and light? I met someone just like that at the German American Club in Casselberry where Thad and I and some neighbors
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Fireworks of a Different Kind
You know you’re getting old when you schedule your colonoscopy for the day after the 4th of July. While everyone will be over indulging on burgers and dogs, corn on the cob, red, white &
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Judge Not Till You’re Living in Their World
Do you ever find yourself getting impatient with someone who is elderly and walking slowly ahead of you? Or maybe they are as slow as molasses in a checkout line at 5:30 pm when you
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Those That Make a Difference
Is there a woman that has made a difference in your life? Someone who influenced, motivated and whose characteristics you try to emulate? There have been a few in my life. My Aunt Dot was
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Remind Me to Laugh
What do you do when you are scared or in pain? Besides panicking about the worst case scenario, I mean. Thad and I have had a few of those moments in the last couple of
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Keeping Easter in our Hearts
Because He gave up His life for us, every Lent we give up chocolate, bread, liquor, or some particularly addictive habit. For me, it’s taming my tongue. We count the days till we can imbibe,
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Lessons Still to Learn
Although Thad and I have become experts at surviving medical adversity, heck I even wrote a book about it, we need a little fine tuning. Maybe it’s our age; after all even the simplest things
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