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I enjoy the art of hand embroidery. It is a favorite hobby of mine. I love the challenge of pulling together stitch after stitch of various colors to create beauty. The work can be tedious and I must admit I do as much unstitching as I do stitching in order to make sure all of… Read more
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I have been blessed with four intelligent, beautiful and independent daughters. This was my goal! This was my desire. I never wanted them to suffer the heartache and stress I had experienced. I prayed, I worked hard to make sure they had a good stable life. We went to church every Sunday as a family.… 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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At Church we are corporately studying “The Purpose Driven Life.” I have read the book before but during this reading my spirit has been opened to God and my relationship to him in a brand new light. Maybe it’s because I don’t have a hundred other distractions in my life at this point and time… 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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Yesterday Memaw and I went to our favorite fast food lunch spot Chic Fil A. We placed our order and selected a booth by a window near the registers so we could people and car watch. Memaw loves looking at trucks and cars and picks out the next one she is going to buy when… Read more
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I had never cared for peanut butter. Never liked peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Nope, give me a banana sandwich instead. One Fall Friday night as elementary school girls will do, I went home with my good friend Camie. We were playing in her bedroom when she goes into the kitchen and comes back with… 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
For Real, Elaine?! 