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14 Feb

A Laugh In Time

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A friend asked how I survived the events I wrote about in my book, “Choosing Life.’ Believe me, what I wrote about was the tip of the iceberg. We’ve all heard about “a stitch in time saving nine.” Well, a laugh in time can save your life. I found a way to laugh at just about anything. Laughter keeps you from taking yourself and everything else too seriously. My struggle with the temptation of suicide started at ten years old. …..

12 Sep

Worry Warts

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One thing I will never have to worry about is running out of problems. I have a computer. And just when I get everything under “control,” I have to get a new computer with a new operating system that changes everything. Well, I got Windows 8.1, and now I can’t do anything I used to do. It has been set up to run like Windows 7, with the icons and a menu. But, my precious husband also uses my computer. …..

16 May

Too Thin

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You can never be too thin. Oh, yes, you can. My sister-in-law, Pearl, was a tall, thin, beautiful woman, extremely intelligent. At five foot seven inches tall, she weighed one hundred and twelve pounds. If you are jealous, don’t worry, so was I. Pearl made it look so easy. Then, in her eighties, she developed Hodgkins disease. After chemotherapy, Pearl dropped to eighty pounds. She really was a skeleton with skin, and she had no resources left. After a few…..

26 Apr

To Pray Or Not

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To pray or not to pray, that is the question. It’s a question I have grappled with since I became a believer in Jesus. In “Choosing Life,” I told you about my dysfunctional family. I may have been the scapegoat, but the destructive force in our lives was my father. It was in my mid-twenties that I decided to believe that Jesus was real and that He was my only hope. My first prayer for my father was that he…..

12 Apr

Fashionista

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I am not a fashionista. My style is strictly classic, with a twist. Fads and fashions come and go, but classic is always in style. I do have the classic wool blazer, but it is bright red. Years ago, I found the perfect shirt. It is a good quality long sleeve camp shirt with two pockets on the front. I can roll up the sleeves to make it a three-quarter length, perfect with slacks or jeans. So I bought over…..

04 Apr

Blabbermouth

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That’s me. I am a blabbermouth. But, the only secrets I share are my own. In “Choosing Life,” I told you that it was not a tell-all book. I told only enough to paint a picture, only enough to show desperation, only enough to show that my path was on a downward spiral. And then God stepped in and turned my story upside-down. My hope is that someone will be encouraged by my story. At the time, I felt that…..

27 Mar

No Roses

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In “Choosing Life,” I told you that I am allergic to roses. When I heard the song “I Never Promised You A Rose Garden,” I was thrilled. Nothing would be more deadly to me that a rose garden. Bottom line: Never be allergic to something that everybody loves. On the news today, the lead story was a German airliner that crashed into the Alps. The father of one of the young people killed in the crash said to the other…..

16 Mar

Kick It

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“Kick It” is only half of the phrase “Kick it down the road.” I remember hearing a statement that some people look at a difficult situation as a problem. Others view it as an opportunity. Perhaps the people who view each every roadblock as a problem are the ones who invented the practice of “kicking it down the road.” They either hope it will go away or that someone else will deal with it. The Bible says that man is born…..

25 Jan

A Yes Face

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During the Revolutionary War, the American army was crossing a river on horseback. A man was standing close to the crossing, watching the soldiers cross. When General Washington was about to cross, the man approached him and asked him for a ride across the river. Washington agreed, and the man mounted the horse behind Washington. Half way across the river, Washington asked the man why he waited for him and why he asked him and not the other soldiers. The…..

16 Jan

Joy Comes

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The first paragraph of “Choosing Life” describes a visit to my GYNP. Rita was the one who convinced me to write my story. And she inspired me again. I just like to talk to her. She listens and is interested. Rita read my book and liked it very much. It made her cry, but I told her I wrote it to encourage people that no matter how bad it is, you can make it. I was watching TV recently. There…..

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