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Irish Proverbs

By and others ⋅ March 21, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

“Irish Proverbs” A kind word never broke anyone’s mouth. A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied. It is better to be born lucky than rich. A lie travels farther than the truth. An old broom knows the dirty corners best. Put silk on a goat, and it’s still a goat. A friend’s eye is […]

Teacher movie

By and others ⋅ March 21, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

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Grandmas and Grandpas

By and others ⋅ March 21, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

*Grandmas and Grandpas* Grandmas are moms with lots of frosting. ~Author Unknown What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars’ worth of pleasure. ~Gene Perret Grandmothers are just “antique” little girls. ~Author Unknown Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb […]

Dusting

By and others ⋅ March 21, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Remember…a layer of dust protects the Wood beneath it. “A house becomes a home when you can write “I love you” on the furniture.” I used to spend at least 8 hours every weekend making sure things were just perfect “in case someone came over” Finally I realized one day that no-one came over; they […]

Bad days

By and others ⋅ March 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Bad Days — What Do They Mean? Should I Crawl Back Into Bed, Or Fight All the Harder? You’re driving to work and pull into the company lot. There at the entrance your car grinds to a stop and won’t restart. You call for a tow truck, which hauls your lame vehicle to a repair […]

Life-Giving Fear

By and others ⋅ March 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

by Barbara Brown Taylor When I was a hospital chaplain, the calls I dreaded most did not come from the emergency room, the psychiatric ward or even the morgue. They came from the pediatric floor, where little babies lay in cribs with bandages covering half their heads and sweet-faced children pushed IV poles down the […]

God’s Universe

By and others ⋅ February 26, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Memories of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide’ Look at the second picture down. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17524 Makes you feel all small and insignificant, doesn’t it? ~~~ And non-theistic view of the universe – If you really want to feel small visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7bAuOz8ao ~~~ Here’s the Eric version (pictures not so good though): http://dingo.care2.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf ~~~

Forgiveness

By and others ⋅ February 22, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The late comedian Bill Hicks used to say ‘If you don’t like what I say about God, then forgive me…’

The Post office angels

By and others ⋅ February 15, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The post office angels – United States Postal Story Our dog, Abbey, died Aug. 23, and the day after Abbey died, my 4 year old, Meredith, was SO upset. She wanted to write a letter to God so that God would recognize Abbey in heaven. She told me what to write, and I did. Then […]

And Then It’s Winter

By and others ⋅ February 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

And it’s winter before we know it…. REFLECTIONS You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. And yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and […]

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