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I read an article today where a woman was proclaiming she did not regret having an abortion. I have read where women have bragged about how many abortions they have had without any remorse whatsoever. I can’t comprehend this way of thinking. When I was 21 years old I had an abortion. I loved the… Read more
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What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? I dreamed when I retired my husband and I would spend our leisure time camping in the mountains of North Georgia and North Carolina. Instead we are caring for my mother who has dementia. So leisure time doesn’t involve traveling in our truck with a… Read more
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My dad was a tall handsome man. One of my very first memories of me and my dad together is of us walking in downtown Gainesville on the square. I had my tiny little hand wrapped around his one long middle finger and my short little legs struggled to keep up with his six-foot, four-inch… Read more
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My family will tell you I have pitched many a “hissy fit.” I have been on the war path more than once and they all have said —“Lord, she done lost her ever-loving mind!!” It’s the craziness gene I inherited from the blessed Looney tribe! Totally opposite of that reaction to anger have been occasions… Read more
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Many years ago my oldest daughter and I went on a mission trip to Jamaica with Mark B Danzey and a bus load of other folks from Bethany United Methodist and Jefferson United Methodist Church. It was an awesome experience to say the least. While there we helped build school rooms and conducted daily Bible… Read more
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It was summertime in the 1960’s and as was normal me, my brother DeWayne and our cousin Laurie who lived next-door loved playing outside and adventuring together. We were in our backyard when we spotted our doghouse. Now, I can’t remember who made the suggestion but one of us decided it would be a great… Read more
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Have you ever done something you were ashamed of? Have you ever said something to your spouse, child or parent you wish you could take back but it’s too late? The damage is done. If you focus on the mistakes you made, any wrong done to you, disappointments and loves lost it’s extremely hard to… Read more
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There comes a time in our lives when we have to make hard, heartbreaking decisions. We have to come to the realization: 1. We can’t change anyone no matter how hard we try, pray, threaten, nag, plead or beg. It’s their choice. Only God can if they allow the Holy Spirit to change their heart.… Read more
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So often we have preconceived expectations of love. I remember when Bobby and I were in our late 30’s and attending a Young Adult Sunday school class doing a series on marriage. Every Sunday I left class feeling depressed and unloved because someone would say “my husband runs my bath for me and lights candles.”… Read more
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Do you remember growing up when you couldn’t wait to go to your Granny or Nannie’s so you could play with your cousins? Do you remember begging your mama “please can cousin so and so come home with us?” Can you remember football games in the front yard between cousins and neighbors? Can you remember… Read more
For Real, Elaine?! 