You, too, can be a first responder.

Did you see pictures of the massive tornado in Oklahoma?  It was a massive, force of destruction at least a half-mile wide that took out nearly everything in its path.  The winds were recorded to be 200 mph at times. More than 120 people were treated at area hospitals, approximately 70 of those children. The [...]

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“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming….”

Do you like salmon? I love it and eat it often.  One of my dear friends, Karen, and I are salmon-a-holics and when we meet for lunch we don’t really care where we eat as long as they have salmon on the menu.  It’s not if we’ll have salmon for lunch, it’s how will we [...]

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Guess what I dug up?

Do you like colorful flowers in your yard?  I do.  I can blame it on my grandmother. Her yard always looked like the cover of a Southern Living magazine.  She would spend hours in her yard each day, pulling weeds, digging in the dirt and creating a spread of color that would rival a paint palette. [...]

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What direction are you focused on?

Are you directionally challenged? Typically speaking, I’m able to navigate fairly well; however, when we first moved to Georgia I had some challenges. Fifteen years ago, there weren’t TomToms, Garmins, Mapquest or Siri.  You were left to a map or your own sense of direction. I decided  to surprise my husband for lunch on day. [...]

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What makes you mad?

What makes you mad? I don’t mean just a little upset, but what stirs you up to the point you can’t sit by and do nothing? Mark Fritchman says that may be the very thing God is calling you to without you realizing it. This has been referred to by many as the Popeye Principle. [...]

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How to live a stress free life…

Have you ever played Follow the Leader? Do you prefer to be the leader or the follower? It has been said, “Where there is a void of leadership, Susan will step in.” I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I don’t have to be in charge, but I like to [...]

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How did you celebrate?

Did you spend yesterday with your mother? Both my mother and my mother-in-law live out of town, so I was unable to be with them; yet, I talked with both of them at length and showered them cards and gifts. I was blessed to spend the day with my daughter and my husband, but my [...]

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Unlikely Hero

Have you seen any of the news coverage of the three women rescued in Cleveland?  It has been all over the media.  Three women who were abducted separately while in their teens and early 20s and held in bondage were discovered and rescued by an unsuspecting neighbor, an unlikely hero. One of the victims, Amanda [...]

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Have you ever flown on the red eye?

Have you ever flown the red eye before? The red eye is a flight that departs late at night and arrives early the next morning. About eight years ago, our family was flying home from vacation and had to take the red eye.  Since I have a great deal of trouble sleeping on a plane [...]

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Do you hear that?

What sound do you wake up to in the morning? Is it the annoying beep, beep, beep of an alarm clock?  I HATE that sound.  It honestly effects me like the sound of fingernails down a chalkboard.  In fact, a local radio station ran a commercial for a while with the beeping sound of an [...]

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