Category: Family
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Using Dad’s Taste Buds
For weeks Dad has been saying how much he wants Ham and Beans. James, my youngest brother somehow discovered he does not like any type of bean. Which is kind of funny cause he’s the last one who needs more beans in the family. He’s ornery and expects special treatment is all I know, it’s…
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Midwest Values Tainted
Those of us who live in flyover territory with our specialty, being Farm Families; the times are really showing. The farm best of the Midwest has always held staunchly to conservative values God, Family and Country. There are families that are teaching their kids right it’s just that the public educational system is so unreasonable…
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Morning Blues
My Mom and I had to get up awfully early this morning. My uncle’s MRI was scheduled for 8:30 am. This means we all had to be up early. My alarm clock on my phone went off like clockwork at 6:30 am although things didn’t go quite as expected. After my alarm was silenced I…
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Last Memories
March of 2020 is ingrained in my mind. The days of missing her feeling off because no one could visit the Nursing Home. March 10th was the last day I got to see Grandma Rosemary alive. There were a couple of days where my mom and uncles saw her at least one other time before…
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Standing Up
It’s difficult for me to stay out of politics anymore. I did when I knew I heard a still small voice in the back of my head and I thought no way I could do that. I was wrong, maybe dead wrong. We have to be diligent to listen to God’s voice when He urges…
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Roe V. Wade Versus the Conservative Woman
Being Pro-Life isn’t about being better than those on the other side of the issue. It’s about purpose. God gave every one of His creations a unique purpose. When that unique life is snuffed out it’s a loss of that unique purpose that was complementary-suited to that life. Sin shifted life for us humans though.…
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Residual Thoughts On… Babies!
Sunday afternoon Dad and I assume all his sisters got a text. A baby would be visiting my Grandma that day. We didn’t get there at the designated time and it was meant to be a strictly family gathering; but we got to see him. Since my cousin’s wife works where Grandma lives everyone knows…
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The Oath of Office
I still remember the 2016 election so intimately. The night Donald Trump won was actually really early the next morning. I stayed up to watch as much as I could from my computer. Once he gave his Victory Speech it was still hard to go to sleep from the excitement. Later on that day I…
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Listen For The Crickets
Back in World War II it was difficult for my Grandpa to admit how hungry the men got in those stalags. My parents remember him telling them about having to eat some bugs for protein. It wasn’t a source of pride for him to admit this fact it was simply his hunger pains. I still…
Jewells of Thought 