Category:  family

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Mar 27, 2024

The grand advantage

It’s been six years now since he left. On February 21, 2018, Billy Graham exhaled mountain air for the last time and inhaled that heavenly air. He was 99. Billy

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Nov 02, 2011

Ten thousand feet of glory

When we met later at yet another common love (Starbucks), we’d talked and talked, spinning happiness through the mocha-scented air, and then she dropped it, casual like, right there in

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Dec 09, 2010

Oh, Balderdash – and pass that pizza

“Oh, Balderdash!”  No, really.  Balderdash!  This particular game was the source of much hilarity last weekend during a birthday party for the 21-year-old.  If you’ve been following the blog, you

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Dec 06, 2010

Messy families? That’s beautiful, too

Say what you will about families – that they’re dysfunctional and messy.  They’re confusing and irritating.  They’re noisy and imperfect.  And they are. They’re also our root system.  They give

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Jul 09, 2010

What I learned at a family reunion

There were several things that struck me.  They are:  1.  I’m part of a greater root system. This isn’t a big revelation, exactly, but in the daily grind and the hurry and

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