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  • Let ‘Er Rip: Don’t Fear Looking Foolish
    Posted on Saturday, September 8th, 2012 | Tagged: looking foolish, loss of joy, pride

    Like the soft winds that hint of a distant storm, the happy notes of an indistinct song wafted over me. I swung on my porch swing and smiled. Someone’s happy. Then the strains intensified, and I knew. The Singer approached. Without seeing her, I pictured the young woman: MP3 player to her ear, playing music …[ read more ]

  • Who’s to Blame? You’ve Got to be Kidding!
    Posted on Friday, March 9th, 2012 | Tagged: Uncategorized

    The Bloviator Queen  “I therefore…urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit” (Eph. 4:1-2, English Version).         “Xavier” knows all one can know …[ read more ]

  • The Real Swamp Monkeys of Nassau County
    Posted on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | Tagged: Uncategorized

         The Florida of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings still exists. In the little hamlets of northeastern Florida only a few miles from the famed Okefenokee lay dirt roads leading to dirt roads wending their way through tupelo plantations, long pine and palmetto.     It’s here my niece and her family make their home. And here these “swamp monkeys” (so dubbed from my …[ read more ]

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    • Anger: Second Stage of Grief

      @carol_mcclain As stated in last week's blog dealing with denial (click here to read), grieving can be for any traumatic issue. In my life, I'm processing grief over multiple losses and problems. However, if you have experienced sexual abuse, domestic turmoil, divorce, racial injustice--well, look at the news headlines--you can plummet into mourning. What bears repeating is: 1. Grief does not follow a timeline. You may be struggling for a year. You may find new joy in a month. Neither is wrong. 2. The five stages of grief will be cyclical. You may have reached acceptance and suddenly cycled back… ...[ full story ]

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