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Blink of an Eye — Growing Up on Philip Avenue 2

Posted on August 26, 2015 by wisdomfromafather

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God… 1 John 4:7 The other thing I remember is the night we became pregnant. To me, there is no … Continue reading →

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In the Blink of an Eye … In the Beginning 2

Posted on June 24, 2015 by wisdomfromafather

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the … Continue reading →

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In the Blink of an Eye … In the Beginning 1

Posted on June 17, 2015 by wisdomfromafather

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In the Blink of an Eye

Posted on June 3, 2015 by wisdomfromafather

After Karen died, I decided part of my grief therapy would be writing a memoir — not my own, but of our life together. I gathered information from my recollections, her journals and other sources and spent the next six … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Tell

Posted on August 15, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

It’s time to carve out five minutes for some focused, yet free-flowing writing along with the crew at Five Minute Friday, a free write with no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation. Just write. {okay, we … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Writer

Posted on April 4, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Well, it’s Friday. Time to join the hundreds over at Lisa Jo’s place for a Friday free for all writing frenzy. You remember, each Friday we congregate at Lisa Jo’s place (http://lisajobaker.com/) to throw in our two cents worth on … Continue reading →

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A Good Book

Posted on March 26, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Okay, here’s another excerpt from 50 Things that Really Matter that I don’t really have any expertise in … A Good Book. So, we’ll just chalk this one up as a reblog To refresh your memory, the book was a … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Crowd

Posted on March 14, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

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Five Minute Friday — Willing

Posted on March 7, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/five-minute-friday/) who thought about writing and how often our … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday — Choose

Posted on February 28, 2014 by wisdomfromafather

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. This week’s prompt is CHOOSE. The timer is set … so here goes. {clock starts now} We are constantly making choices … literally every minute of our lives. Most are fairly routine, … Continue reading →

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