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My oldest daughter asks, "Would you write a guest column for my blog?" Sure! …what to write about? Her sister, Nicole, is on my mind everyday. Would anyone be interested in my thoughts? Maybe… Let’s give that a try. Initially there was a positive — a relief. Her
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My husband, son, and I celebrated the 4th of July for the first time in three years last month. We lived in Switzerland as ex-pats while my husband completed a work contract. Returning to the United States just before Independence Day was significant in our eyes and prompted (even
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What have we done? That was the thought that went through my mind as I sat with a group of 8th grade girls. They were chatting about the usual teenage girl stuff: school, friends, and boys. Then one of the girls commented, "My best friend and I were being
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Do you ever wonder what people will say about you at your funeral? No, I am not talking about the “she looks good”, or the “they did an amazing job” comments. I am talking about the real heartfelt comments that will come from your family or your friends — and hopefully
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Before you read this column, please set aside whatever opinions you have about Obamacare and same-sex marriage. Whether you think the Affordable Care Act is the greatest piece of legislation ever or will soon become the black hole of all government debt — and whether you think same-sex marriage
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For the past seven years, we have covered multiple incidents, issues, and current events. Some posts have been more personal and passionate; whereas, others have been more factual and informative. We have covered much. For a very brief example, since November of 2008, we have covered: The events… the election
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Funny how this world works… how one thing leads to another… how what we learn in one area is so often applicable to something else… As the year’s summer baseball season wraps up for my middle son, we found ourselves neck-and-neck in the late innings of one
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As I’ve said multiple times previously amidst these posts, every now and then there’s an incident or event that promptly causes me to dismiss what I originally intended to say. Today is one of those days. In the late hours of Thursday night, just before midnight, a long
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Anyone who is President or runs for President tends to do three things: 1. Kiss babies. 2. Claim to know Econ. And… 3. Talk about God. As the 16th entry into the diverse 2016 GOP presidential field, Ohio Gov. John Kasich concluded his announcement on Tuesday with the following: “As
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In the first published novel by Nicholas Sparks, “The Notebook,” which is based on a true story, the author pens the following: “We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one
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Friends, today I’m off celebrating my birthday. (Fire up.) But if I wasn’t off celebrating my birthday (and one of those big ole’ decade ones at that), one of these headlines is what I might be writing about… How the Chattanooga Shooting Unfolded — appearing in the Washington Post
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Let’s see if this makes any sense. From Twitter on Tuesday, in the immediate hours after the U.S. and Iran agreed to some sort of deal supposedly limiting Iran’s nuclear development program — thus, these are immediate, non-poll-tested, non-filtered reactions: Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes The #IranDeal