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What Time? I once worked for the local chamber of commerce. My job? To answer the questions posed by the tourists. One day, a visitor asked me, “What time do the animals come out?” Except for the serious look on her face, I would have laughed, but instead with professional courtesy I said, “They usually…

Relish? My husband, the house builder, has incurred a few injuries over the course of his career; severing a finger, hyper extending one of his knees and most recently, a frozen shoulder.  I am not known for my compassion, pity or mercy. But, when he told me about his frozen shoulder, I felt sympathy. What’s…

Those Who See What I Don’t See There are people in my life who see things in me that I do not see. Case in point; two years ago, a member in my Toastmasters Club encouraged me to compete in the annual speech contest. I’d been a club member for only a year. In my…

What We Hope For When I said, “I do,” on my wedding day, I had no idea what was up ahead. I only knew what I hoped for; to be understood, to be cherished and not abandoned. Did I get what I wanted? Yes, I did, and a whole lot more. But these hopes did…