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Why Bother Thinking About The Other Fifty Percent?
By Terese Luikens | | Family, Gratitude, Marriage
Why Bother Thinking About The Other Fifty Percent? Recently, while at the grocery store, I was reminded of my earlier days of marriage. As the familiar female clerk, whose age I gauged to be mid thirties, waited for me to write out my check, she conversed with a man who’d come and stood next…
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By Terese Luikens | | Family
Why Bother Thinking About The Male Perspective? One of my students favorite events at school are the student-led conferences. It is the only time the child gets to show their parents just how their day is spent at day. This last week, my students prepared for these meetings. On Monday they made lists of what…
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Why Bother Thinking About Courage?
By Terese Luikens | | Relationships
Why Bother Thinking About Courage? Recently, I met a new group of women for coffee. Like me, they are all interested in hiking and taking backpacking excursions. Cass, the one woman I did know, had organized the meeting so that we could become acquainted with each other and plan some hikes. Something You Think Others…
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Why Bother Thinking About Your Own Demise?
By Terese Luikens | | Family, Relationships
Why Bother Thinking About Your Own Demise? My husband made it back safe and sound from his mother’s memorial and from the land of Nebraska where he originated from. With the unpredictability of winter weather, he left on a sunny Monday morning and drove thirteen hours, non-stop, to get home before the next storm. His…
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