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Santorum honored by Dobson for stance on family, moral issues

Republican presidential candidate hopeful Rick Santorum made it clear to the standing room only crowd at Columbia’s Grace Bible Church on Friday, Feb. 3 that he is not in favor of Barak Obama’s health care plan but is for the … Continue reading

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A Time To Dance

Momma was happy today. No there had to be a better word for it, Momma was jubilant, ecstatic really.  She hummed a tune as she danced around the kitchen.  She was making the family oatmeal cookie recipe.  Sarah always helped … Continue reading

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Choices in the 58th year

I got a year older today. It happens. No, I didn’t age a year in a day but it is my birthday.  So I began to think about the age 58 and what might happen. At age 58, my mother … Continue reading

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Fiction: A Time To Dance

Momma was happy today.  No there had to be a better word for it, Momma was jubilant, ecsactic really.  She hummed a tune as she danced around the kitchen.  She was making the family oatmeal cookie recipe.  Sarah always helped … Continue reading

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The Legacy My Father Left Us

My father didn’t have the best of childhoods.  The son of a hired farm hand, he and his four brothers and sister lived in various old farmhouses, some not much better than a shed, on others’ land.  Although a good … Continue reading

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Complete

Daddy and me. My mother hummed softly, My father sighed delightly. In a dimly lit hospital room above a main street store In Fayette, Missouri, My grandmother took me in her arms and Would not let go For fear my … Continue reading

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Life Lessons from Grandma

At the end of busy day, time to relax under the shade tree. As a child, in the summer, I would spend weeks with my grandmother on a farm between two very small towns you’ve probably never heard of.  I … Continue reading

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Scream Against World Suck!

  The Scream by Edvard Munch The swing set looms boldly in our backyard, a fortress and a testimony to Jorge*, one of our foster sons.  The young man was 13 when he came to live with us. He loved … Continue reading

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Ice Cream Prayers

“Mommy, I want some ice cream,” whined three-year-old Matty. “You know we’re going to have supper soon,” Jeanine Anderson answered wiping her hands on a nearby towel. “Besides we don’t have any ice cream.” “I want ice cream,” the toddler … Continue reading

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A Tribute to Maydene Carr, 1/20/04-7/4/93

The rain beats down on my windshield with big, wet drops. Is God crying? Does He feel the pain I feel. Our tears mingle together. And, I don’t know why they’re coming. My baby has my grandmother’s name and my … Continue reading

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