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Rene, Remembered

Rene Her parents named their youngest baby girl Florene. But all her friends called her “Rene”. I wasn’t born into the privilege of being Rene’s niece. However, I was fortunate enough to have married into that position. And you didn’t have to BE genetically related, to feel like you’d become family to Rene. I only …

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Jesus Has a New Paper Boy

Deakie pinned his ears back when he was the most happy, and the most proud.Good boy, Deak. It is with a broken heart that I regretfully announce that Deacon D. Dawg left this life on Friday morning, while I was out of town, visiting with friends in Atlanta, and while the kids were out of …

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O Death, Where is Thy Victory?

It was a hard, hard day. We had a hard day today. The other night, after a very stormy day, our electric fence alarm started screaming, indicating that somewhere around the perimeter the dog fence line might be broken. We unplugged the fence to silence the alarm, since it was late at night, and then, …

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Do You See What I See?

Do you see what I see? Said the night wind to the little lamb: “Do you see what I see? Way up in the sky, little lamb.” Well, how about it? Do you see what I see? I’ll bet you don’t. You probably see a lovely tree, covered in twinkling lights, surrounded by presents, with …

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Off to College???

Ready to sink or swim? You decide. My little baby boy went with his Daddy yesterday to look at a college he is thinking he might want to attend next year. Wow. Mama’s had a little wake up call. As in, I think I’ve again been caught enjoying another one of my lovely sojourns in …

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Keeping Your Aim Straight

Aunt Juanita’s funeral was yesterday. There is, of course, absolutely no way for any description I could write to do this fine woman justice. But I would like to share with you an anecdotal snapshot or two from my aunt’s life. If you read my last blog post, then you know that my uncle A.J. …

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