Blog Journal

When I was a kid there were two play ground games that I absolutely detested. One was dodge ball or aka death ball and the other was Red Rover. The game requires around 10 or more players total and is thought to have originated in Britain and then spread to Australia, Canada and the United…
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Have you ever wondered…. why do we love stories? Is it the adventure of going far, far away to very different places that are mysterious, enchanted, dangerous, or serenely tranquil… Imagining ourselves to be a lovely maiden who will triumph though adversity becoming a princess? Someone once compared storytelling to the first flight simulator. And…
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“I’ve been dreaming of a true love’s kiss, and a prince, I’m hoping, comes with this. That’s what brings ever-aftering so happy… ” That was me… I woke up this morning from dreaming about love and then hearing this first line playing over and over in my head. But before you commit me, answer one…
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This week, although it is only Wednesday, has been a very sad week… Receiving troubling news from friends and family is difficult to manage in and of itself, but emotions seem to escalate all the more if word comes when you are already grieving… Without meaning to and even before becoming self aware, the joyful…
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Yesterday began with a little thought about the movie Enchanted… but it dawned on me at first stretch, while still nestled down and cocooned in a pile of patchwork blankets, that I never really finished the sentiment. Enchanted, well… it is enchanting. What… you don’t agree? The movie IS enchanting on many levels… “Ha”… you…
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Are you sad today? …Feeling blue? Have you seen the movie, Enchanted? I love this movie, don’t you? If you haven’t seen it, Enchanted is a modern day, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the classic Disney films that many of us grew up watching. It also reminds me also of the TV series, “The Wonderful World of…
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After the last post, I think you may have gathered that I love clocks. I have always been fascinated by them. I like the sound of them ticking… tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick… Maybe my mother, being a very creative lady and ahead of her time, no pun intended, put a clock in my…
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I love it when the house is peaceful and still, long before dawn… with the smell of hot, steamy coffee brewing on the stove, listening to the familiar background noises of home… tick, tick, tick of the clocks. I know it must sound batty, but sometimes, I imagine my clocks have come to life with…
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Before the beginning of time, God was and is (Revelation 1:4) and He shines forth into the darkness, our darkness (2 Peter 1: 19). God has manifested His glory in many ways and long ago, even before of the prophets, the Spirit of God used a golden lampstand to reflect His light … His glorious…
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The Bible, or the Injil… إنجيل, tells us “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life…
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