Author: Garnetjewel
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A Week of Thoughts
Do you still have moments where the loss of someone hits you hard? Spending as much time as I have through the past decade has given me an outlet to feel secure in sharing with others the bittersweet memories of losing my loved ones. This week seemed a fitting time to share this meticulous Series…
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Describe one of your favorite moments?-Writing Prompt
Out of so many moments how do you pick just one. My niece is about to turn 11 years old. When I was asked her actual birthday thoughts came to mind. Sunday evening, the night she was born was incredible. There was such a euphoria, we could see her but she was so tiny no…
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Patriarchs Are A Necessity
In college I worked in the Compliance Office, we were in the office of the Dean of Students. Then our office was moved into the Presidential Suite, which was awesome. Before we moved into the top floor I had an interesting bathroom stop. At Christmas Time we kept a radio on playing an Evansville station…
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Mowing Chronicles
Do you have any usual routines when you mow? Are there certain areas you tackle first? Or after a recent rain? How many times have you gotten stuck? For years mom and I mowed my Grandma Betty’s and Aunt Dorothy’s yards. These ladies houses were adjacent to each other and on opposite sides of a…
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What notable things happened today?-Writing Prompt
What an intriguing question for me knowing what tomorrow means for my Mom’s family. Today 68 years ago wow to envision that day for Rosemary and Freddy seems unreal. You know for all the recent wedding talk of my cousins weddings over the last 15 years never have I heard grandma talk about her wedding…
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Heroes For Such a Time
Life is a mixture of events in our lives. We have regiments as children to a degree to show us stability or at least most children do. There is a beautiful sentiment in the Old Testament Book of Proverbs. This verse is so extremely important for our current generations to know and heed. Train up…
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A Deep Love… His Legacy
February 6th, 2020 Again these are the articles I wrote from three years ago Grandpa died on February 6th, 2005. It took me 15 years to write out my thoughts, feelings and a timeline of the events. If you don’t write things down the fuzziness and confusion of mourning does set in and the facts…
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What are you passionate about?-Writing Prompt
This seems a little obvious, I think, for me. I write about what I am passionate about. God, Family, Music and History. The fun thing about writing is that I can cross over all 4 in one article. They easily complement each other time and time again. There is a saying do what you love…
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A Deep Love… Sunday His Testimony
February 5th, 2020 There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one should not even attempt to do so. One must simply hold out and endure it. At first that sounds very hard, but at the same time it is also a great comfort. For to the extent the…
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American Letters
Do you still receive letters or cards in the mail? Letters seem to be a thing of the past. No one takes the pains to write anymore except to text or post emoji’s. Writing doesn’t carry the same fervency and excitement as it once did. Yet I still watch and observe my mother picking out…
Jewells of Thought 