Tag: Humor
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One takeaway from the irony of a freeze in Florida
The irony of a freeze in Florida isn’t so much that Boston ferns can’t tolerate the cold. It’s that the freeze in Florida showed me God’s power and my lack thereof.
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Even a beautiful chain can bind you
On my 10th wedding anniversary, my husband gave me a beautiful yellow and white gold necklace. I had never seen anything like it; the white gold beads were diamond cut, which made the necklace sparkle like so many jewels. Instantly, it was my favorite piece of jewelry and my constant accessory. “The piece de la […]
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When your friend battles breast cancer…
What I appreciated most about Connie throughout her battle with breast cancer was her transparency.
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All in a day’s workout…
It was just a typical day at the health club — a snapshot of the workout world that encourages me to join it each day. See you there!
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If you “resolve” to hit the gym…
Those of us who regularly populate the health club brace ourselves as we consider your upcoming New Year’s resolution to work out. We know the onslaught of your good intentions will pave our road to a six-week hell — as you fill our parking spaces and favorite lockers and exercise classes and lanes in the […]
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More time is not the answer…
My toenails need to be cut. My legs needs a shave. My eyebrows need waxing. My hair needs a trim. I failed to shower yesterday, and I’m beginning to think my body’s natural grease production may be just what my humidity-induced frizzy hair wants. I need more time. I need to take time. My brain […]
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The end of the twin era…
I always wanted twins until I got four children at one time. When I was young, I played with my dolls — which included Raggedy Ann and Andy, two redheaded twins named George and Georgette, and Velvet and Crissy, two dolls who could have short hair in the morning and long hair in the afternoon. […]
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Vertigo: When the world around you begins to spin…
I woke up this morning with vertigo. When I sat up, the world starting spinning around me, and I had the sensation of being pulled downward to the right. This time — because I suffered vertigo for four days only a month ago — I had an arsenal of exercises — OK, one set of exercises — […]
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Attempting “The Glad Game’…
The past week, the health club has blocked off the beautiful new showers for tile repair, and we women have been relegated to the old ones, most recently used by the men as their locker room underwent a makeover. Since one of our group exercise classmates had been telling us about the athlete’s foot he […]
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Do what you know is right…
I was a teenager when I decided I should stop reading the Bible. I blame James. Or maybe my youth pastor, because he was likely preaching on James 4:17 and bringing this to my attention: “Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin” (NASB). Except […]
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When you replace people with possessions…
I have spent the weekend denuding a room. I emptied the room of all its contents minus the large furniture and the closeted items, and then painted the trim and walls a beautiful satin, silky white. When I finished the painting, I admired my handiwork and felt sick at the thought of moving a lot […]
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Once an English teacher, always an English teacher…
I had carefully planned and shopped and done everything in my power to avoid shopping on Christmas Eve. When our television broke on Christmas Eve eve, I was afraid, I was very afraid. At this time, my children were young, and shopping on Christmas Eve meant traipsing through desperate crowds, trying to shop while keeping […]
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To NaBloPoMo or not to NaBloPoMo, that is the question…
Should I participate in this year’s National Blog Posting Month, NaBloPoMo? I started considering that question at least a month ago but waffled as to making a decision. And for good reason. If you check out my posting results for this entire year, you would see that I have written (or at least published) fewer […]
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Love apparent…
When I bent over to kiss my sort-of sleeping husband goodbye, he said, “Did you see that I covered you with a blanket last night?” I hadn’t noticed, but I was thankful. The air had fallen to a crisp 58 degrees overnight, and our open sliding glass door beckoned the chill into our bedroom. Apparently, […]
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On Craig’s list…
We had been on the road for 16 hours despite the 11.5 hours predicted for our journey. And we were still two hours away from our destination — now without a working vehicle. The Wedding Saga Part 2: My husband marched me right back into Craig’s Automotive after he’d paid the bill. “My wife’s infatuated with you,” […]
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Will the real mechanic please stand up?
My only daughter was having an emergency C-section, but my oldest son was getting married and we were driving to the wedding — a calculated 11.5 hours away from the birth of my first grandchild. It set the stage for the emotional roller coaster I call, for simplicity’s sake, the Wedding Saga. Read Part 1: I think […]
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