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Family

Why Bother Making New Memories?

Last Sunday was Father’s Day and our first official summer family gathering. It was a chilly wet day and we huddled around the kitchen table over our plates of potato salad and hamburgers reminiscing about camping trips we’d taken. “I remember when we went camping and forgot the diapers, so we used duck tape and…
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Faith

Why Bother Considering What You Believe?

I remember when I began a walk of faith. I read the Bible, albeit a paraphrased version and though I wasn’t sure if one was supposed to write in their Bibles, I underlined every verse which seemed to apply to me, especially in Psalms. Believing what God had to say seemed uncomplicated and it was…
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Mental Health

Why Bother to Surrender?

I am not an expert when it comes to understanding wars, but I am aware of the wars that have been fought during my lifetime.  As a kid, I remember the Vietnam War. It was widely televised on the nightly news. I recall two things about that conflict. During Walter Cronkite’s evening broadcast, when he…
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Communication

Why Bother With Public Speaking?

The other day I made an online reservation for my husband and I at a campground. It was an arduous, anxiety filled and time consuming task. The boxes that had to be filled in were numerous and some of the questions left me baffled. Also, I needed to recall a password, which I could not…
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