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Five Minute Friday — Find

Well, it’s Saturday, so it must be time for Five Minute Friday. I enjoy taking five minutes {or so} to develop some thoughts on a specific prompt word. That’s the premise of Five Minute Friday where over 100 of us … Continue reading

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Blink of an Eye — Growing Up on Philip Avenue 1

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 Ah, Philip Avenue … our first “home.” It was a three-room attic apartment, just big enough … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Learn

The five minute assignment this week is LEARN. Let’s see what we can come up with using the derivative LEARNED. But, don’t forget to visit Kate’s Place (http://katemotaung.com/2015/08/13/five-minute-friday-learn-a-post-retreat-post/) to see how the other talented writers transformed the prompt into posts. … Continue reading

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Conversations with Karen

Do you remember the film P.S. I Love You? Okay. Okay. It wasn’t the best film I ever watched {and it wasn’t a particularly good movie to watch when newly-widowed}. But I was struck by the plot where recently-widowed Holly … Continue reading

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In the Blink of an Eye — I Do 4

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh… Genesis 2:24                                       … Continue reading

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Five Minute Friday — Here

I’m adopting a new mantra. It’s free week … loosely translated it means you pick out any day of the week on any given day. For example, it’s Sunday. But I’m just getting around to my Five Minute Friday prompt. … Continue reading

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In the Blink of an Eye — I Do 3

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh… Genesis 2:24 I’m going to pause for a minute for a little warning. The following paragraphs deal with our wedding night … Continue reading

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Try

The Five Minute Friday prompt word this week was TRY. And try as I may, I just couldn’t get the thoughts together … so I am going to piggyback off the prompt and just write …. for more than five … Continue reading

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It’s All About ME

Wow. I just looked at that title again. No, it’s not about me, like in myself. It’s ME like in the State of Maine. Now that is out of the way, it appears I have finally pulled the trigger and … Continue reading

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In the Blink of an Eye — I Do 2

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh… Genesis 2:24 We didn’t write our own vows back in those days. But I think if I had to, this is … Continue reading

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