While I was in Missouri, Stormie-the-baby was in a serious, car-totaling accident.  Yes-her beloved Toyota Camry (which was getting about 38 miles per gallon in the city!!) got majorly crunched when she t-boned some crazy driver who decided to shoot out of a parking lot on a whim. 
Because there was very little reaction time, she really [...]

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Stephanie mentioned that her mother-in-law’s birthday was yesterday.   Nosy person that I am, I asked, “Oh, how old is she now?”   And though I won’t print it here, but suffice it to say she just gently passed a number that contains both a zero and a five, I was like, “What?   Wow-she [...]

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"You've made me strong as a charging bison…My ears are filled with the sounds of promise: 'Good people prosper like palm trees, grow tall like Lebanon cedars…They'll grow tall in the presence of God, lithe and green, virile still in old age." 
The Message Psalm 92.10-14

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"You're all I want in heaven!
You're all I want on earth!
When my skin sags and my bones get brittle,
God is rock-firm and faithful!"
Psalm 73.21 The Message

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"When I kiss you, I can taste your soul."  Carrie Latet

"I wasn't kissing her.  I was whispering in her mouth."  Chico Marx
"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."  Ingrid Bergman
"Aaaaauuurrggghhhhh!  I've been kissed by a dog!  I have dog germs!  Get some hot water!  Get some [...]

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Dave was enjoying some Seinfeld season 7 (episode 2, The Soul Mate) the other day when I heard this exchange between Jerry and George as they rode in a taxi:
George: (biting his nails and then inspecting them) You know, I can now bite my fingernails so evenly, I don't even need to use a clipper anymore.
Jerry: [...]

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It's a cool, crisp 64-degrees just past 10:30 am this fine fall morning - right here inside my kitchen!  That's right, folks, Dave and I have not turned on the heat one time yet this fall (meaning the appliance in the basement with a pilot light, not, you know, the other heat…*blush), even though it [...]

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So where were we?  I had lost title, position, most of my marbles and any inkling of what God had in mind for my life.  I was madly volunteering for anything anyone would let me do, cleaning obsessively, weeding my yard (and maybe even a little of the neighbor's), helping Rocky & Jovan with their [...]

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I had one of those sort of everything-in-your-life-changes-and-you-weren't-expecting-it crisis events last summer, which I will not go into right now, but suffice it to say, I suddenly had "time on my hands" to relax, get some things done around the house and catch up on projects if I wanted to.  Everyone I knew, especially my [...]

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Are you rested or restless? 
I was once a TYPE-A personality, I have been told.  I just thought that I was a really great multi-tasker who was highly productive.  I was rewarded for being a retail manager who could get more done in less time, using less people, making more money.  I needed very little sleep and didn't [...]

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