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The Mountain Movers
Sometimes things just don’t go right. Sometimes all the things you just put up with bug you more than usual. I didn’t understand any of this when my ex-husband went through it and it took me several years to understand why he was almost impossible to tolerate every year in August. He wasn’t a bad…
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Request Addressed
Request addressed. What does this mean? I’m sure your mildly curious. I would be simply because I’m that type of person. I wonder what happened. There must have been something wrong. Isn’t it amusing just how inquisitive our minds can be? We’re fed a small dose of information and our mind fills in the rest…
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A New Old
After I went through my divorce, I felt as if my slate had been wiped clean. It was a choice I made but there was an emptiness I hadn’t planned on experiencing. For the first few months I kept myself incredibly busy so that the only idle moments I would have would be those moments…
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Entrusted
Everyone embarks on their very own individual journey. We’re created, we develop and the very second we’re born, our adventure begins. We begin to learn and grow from the very moment our birth is recorded and there are no two journeys exactly the same. It’s really quite remarkable, when you take the time to think,…
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Two Wrongs, One Right
I’m not sure why but for as long as I can remember I find myself making attempts to discover what lies beyond the surface of the people I know, the people I meet and the people I love. I always wonder what actually makes them tick. The ones that warrant the bulk of my attention…
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Mother Knows Best
Yesterday a woman approached the framing counter. She was a bit shorter than me, wavy, gray hair cut off straight that reached just beneath her ears, dark brown horn rimmed glasses and a colorful floral patterned blouse. She had a rather serious demeanor and she was looking for a “sticky board.” I quizzed her a…
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A “Hairy” Soap Box Situation
I will most likely never understand why some people feel it’s okay to point out obvious details that may or may not offend the recipient. Is taking that chance ever worth hurting someone’s feelings or lowering their self esteem that may already be lower than it really needs to be? I can understand when “sticking…
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Seeking A Sign
Often times I’ve heard people say holidays are when they miss their loved ones in Heaven the most. Everyone reacts a bit differently to everything life brings and as the years come and go I find that I am never really sure when those “missing you” moments will hit. For several years after dad passed…
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Do You “Glow” In The Dark?
We have a large bin filled with neon play balls near our checkouts and today when things got busy, I headed up front to help out. Those balls grasp the attention of almost all the kids that walk through the door and today there were 3 young boys that decided to play a round of…
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Our Inner “Facets”
Most natural diamonds are formed at high temperature and pressure at depths of 140 to 190 kilometers (87 to 118 mi) in the Earth’s mantle. Carbon-containing minerals provide the carbon source, and the growth occurs over periods from 1 billion to 3.3 billion years (25% to 75% of the age of the Earth). I’m not…