I Don’t Know These People

Jif and I try to teach LG proper table manners. Our example isn’t always the best. Elbows on the table is a particular weakness of ours. But honestly, we try. Like a gateway drug, elbows on the table can lead to more egregious violations of etiquette. To the most egregious [...]

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Sunday Post ~ "When you rise in the morning, giv…

Sunday Post ~ “When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.” –Tecumseh
1 Chronicles 16:34
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Over the River and Through the Woods . . .

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Jif’s entire family, at his parents’ home. It was very special because Nana and PopPop are moving in a few weeks, down-sizing to a smaller place. Here is my SPF attempt at:

Something/s/one that makes Thanksgiving.

Your Dinner

The Aftermath

Bonus Points: tacky centerpiece

The thing that “makes” Thanksgiving:

A kids’ table. [...]

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Talkin’ Turkey

Across the hall from my office is what I believed to be a daycare center. Turns out, it is some sort of work-release program for 3- and4-year-olds, from which they operate a turkey farm. As you can imagine, it’s been a busy place this week. I’ve dealt with a turkey or two in my day, [...]

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From the Files

Can Sensitivity and Common Sense Coexist?
My client tells me last week that her boy was suspended from high school, 12th grade, for five days, charged with “biased behavior.”
Seems his “Living Skills” class was having a discussion on negotiating in the marketplace. The teacher asked them what they could do if they wanted to buy something [...]

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photo by my …

photo by my friend, SquirlSunday Post ~ “Friends … they cherish one another’s hopes. They are [...]

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SPF: Past, Present and Future

Past

This is a box in my closet that I call my “keeping box.” Inside are ticket stubs, little souvenirs, nice notes that people have written to me, sentimental things. Whenever someone writes something to me that makes me feel good, I put it in the box. Then when I don’t feel so [...]

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Kiss and Tell

I was late getting my first kiss, compared to my peers. This was because I lived in the country. I remember going to a party at one of my town friends’ homes (the one whose dad was a funeral director, and whose house was attached to the funeral home), and listening to the conversation about [...]

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Sunday Post ~ "Pain is inevitable; suffering is…

Sunday Post ~ “Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.” – a woman I met last week
Hebrews 4:16
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Shift

Dominick, the furnace guy, just left. He inspired me to contemplate how one brief encounter can cause a shift in perspective, for better or worse.
I started today knowing pretty much what I was in for. We haven’t yet turned on our heat this year. For a couple of reasons. We like to get the oil [...]

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