Category: Family
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Summer School With a Twist
By the timestamp on my paperwork for my class, my one summer course was taken in 2005. This was a very trying and overwhelming year for our family. It was the year of Firsts. The first planting season without Grandpa all of the firsts you can think of we went through all of them. I…
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A Block Button
When I thought of this new category off the top of my head I hadn’t thought through the broad scope. My American Letters are the main idea covering Christmas Cards, Post Cards and Letters from Servicemen, and Text messages from one certain couple. The reason I created this topic will officially come in August, but…
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For Such A Time: Patriots & Allies
Did you know a lot as a 10 year kid? Maybe there’s a difference in us being here and this particular 10 year old; since he was on another continent. Do you think you would have had as much comprehension if a superpower was in your country? Nasrat Ahmad Yar was only 31 years old.…
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Those Old Things… Before Computers
Last night I got to do something for the first time. When I began in school computers had already taken over what the typewriters had accomplished in spades. So my class had lessons in typing on the computers I have never had a typewriter or didn’t think we still had one around. Until a month…
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Christmas Cards
Half the year is over and before we blink kids will be back in school. Life is so quickly marching on. Dare I say what next major holidays are in line? I am not yet ready either! Those presents in the middle are all extra pieces. Yet they fit so well together… I guess it’s…
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An Actor: For Such A Time
There are some people that God truly puts on this earth to make a difference for such a time as this. This man has to have been made specifically for the past twenty some years. I remember, absolutely, how I was introduced to James Caviezel through my television screen at college. My Uncle’s Tony and…
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Purpose
In the past year or more there has been such a dichotomy between myself and my youngest brother. Having a purpose and not knowing your purpose has brought about some unusual consequences. My brother is dealing with a lot of issues, but on the other hand so have I. Do you know your purpose? Is…
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Mowing Chronicles
Sometimes mowing entailed more than we figured on. Although, I may have asked for the added tasks. When we mow around our own sheds we run over various floaters from surrounding trees. Our shed has a tree that showers good golf-ball sized walnuts around the east side of our newer shed as we somewhat call…
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A Special Book
How do you protect treasures from World War 2, but still allow the family to share the artifacts? There are several sources to this collection; it’s really quite remarkable. This is the 3rd or 4th book I have tried to put it together in. Yet the collection keeps growing. So I guess I’ll see how…
Jewells of Thought 