Devotions
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Masking (aka Thanksday #73)
She handed me her swim mask to hold as she ran to the water slides. I sat on the edge of the pool — face to the sun — and watched her skip away, her bright yellow mask threaded through my fingers. As she slipped and slided again and again, I looked around sheepishly. Assured Continue reading
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Yep, He’s Thinking About You. And He’s Been Texting for Awhile.
On my recent Thanksday post, I mentioned how it makes me sad when girls on Facebook like pictures that say, “I just want you to text first so I know you’re thinking of me.” It saddens me because I used to be that girl. The one who wasted her junior high, high school, college and young Continue reading
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Chasing Rainbows
The dog was barking. I was trying to clean up the kitchen after dinner, but the craziness of the dog assured me he indeed needed to get out. Now. As soon as I got outside, raindrops began falling. And heavily. I looked to my right and the sky was dark as night. But to my Continue reading
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Maturing
I got an unexpected phone call from a dear friend of mine awhile ago. I happened to be completely alone and in a perfect place to talk, so we spent about 20 minutes or so deep in conversation. It was the most edifying conversation I’d had in a long, long time. And truthfully, that was the Continue reading
