A Blog About Real Life, Hope and Faith

Category: Family


  • Coffee Can Adventures

    I’m pretty sure the experience I had recently is something my readers have not. Long before Mom’s death she left instructions for her burial. We would not need a casket, only a container for ashes. She asked my sister Marie to accompany her to the cemetery to mark her spot. You have to understand about

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  • Ribbons and Spurs

    Last spring I lost the use of my right hand and shoulder.  I broke two fingers and dang near broke my shoulder.  By God’s grace those injuries have healed and except for a nice little crook in my pinky I’m good as new. This spring I lost my mom. It feels like a part of

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  • Peter Rabbit Moves Out

    I said goodbye to Peter Rabbit this week.  Well, most of his things anyway.  For 38 years I’ve enjoyed his company in the form of the Beatrix Potter books, Peter Rabbit Wedgewood lamp with matching toy dishes, stuffed Peter, Benjamin Bunny, Mrs. Rabbit, Mrs. Tiggywinkle and Flopsy (all of whom survived the Duke Disaster, a

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  • Cracking the Codes

    Cracking the Codes

    Liam – grandchild number 12 out of 14, the grandchild that lives closest, is the one we get to see most often.   This kid enjoys life more than anyone I know.  Even the simplest things are met with joy and wonder.  You haven’t experienced a neighborhood walk unless you’ve taken it with a child. A

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