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Posted on December 17, 2014
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*My English Composition I students wrote their final exam essays about three gifts they received in 2014. Some of their essays were exceptionally touching, meaningful, or humorous. I believe you’ll enjoy reading a few of these–whose authors have granted permission for me to share… Continue Reading “Three gifts in 2014”
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Category: gratitudeTags: 2014 gift list, Chick-Fil-A, chicken sandwich, college, English Composition, free gifts, funny, gift list, gifts, grades, grammar, grateful, gratitude, humor, instructor, Kia Sorento, learning, lessons learned, new car, personal narrative, professor, Shanna Huffine, significance, student, student essay, teaching, thankful, writing
Posted on December 7, 2014
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*Today’s post is written by regular contributor (and good friend) Debra Dickey. Thank you, Debra, for sharing your wit, insight, and life with us!* Gratefully, sometimes my life turns into a comedy routine. Not that kitty antics are not laughable in their own right… Continue Reading “Think Laurel and Hardy”
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Category: gratitudeTags: comedy, Debra Dickey, Debra Dickey-Liang, family, fun, grateful, gratitude, humor, Laurel and Hardy, life, love, nephews, thankful, wit
Posted on September 5, 2014
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*Thank you, Debra Dickey, for another cat tale!* This is a tongue-in-cheek rejoinder to an answered prayer…. Thanks God. . . . . juuust what I needed. . . . . My cat sagas are in full swing again. If you have followed my… Continue Reading “Found it!”
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Category: gratitudeTags: answered prayer, cat, cat tale, cat tale saga, God, grateful, gratitude, humor, kitten, love, pet, prayer
Posted on August 9, 2014
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Big thanks to Debra Dickey for serving as today’s guest contributor and for another kitten post! I didn’t know it yet, but He was creating, protecting, and instilling a spirit of trust into the sweetest, funniest, prettiest little long-haired yellow kitten that I have… Continue Reading “God sent me a kitten”
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Category: gratitudeTags: cat, cat lover, cats, cheer, cold weather, cuddling, Debra Dickey, feline, fun, gifts from God, God, grateful, gratitude, grief, humor, joy, kitten, kittens, loss, love, outdoors, pet, pets, playful, spirituality, sunshine, thankful, weather
*Today’s post is part 1 in a three-part series by my friend Debra Dickey. As a fellow cat lover, I’m particularly thankful for the humor :). I have an acquaintance who always had the most hilarious things happen to her, and with her story-telling… Continue Reading “A cat’s tale”
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Category: gratitudeTags: 13, black cat, cat, cat lover, catastrophe, gratitude, humor, icy roads, nine lives, persistence, sleet, superstition, superstitious, thankful, trilogy
Posted on June 11, 2013
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My poor stepdad. I know he loves my mom. Why else would you willingly marry a woman with FOUR little girls under the age of 12? After our cat Ralph died, my poor stepdad was the lone male ranger in the ongoing and increasing… Continue Reading “Bad to the bone”
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Category: gratitudeTags: bad to the bone, bathrooms, bodily functions, children, dad, daughters, estrogen, father, Father's Day, girly girls, God, growth, hair styles, happy father's day, humor, jokes, makeup, Papaw, parenting, Promise Keepers, puberty, spirituality, stepdad, teenagers, tomboy
Posted on October 8, 2012
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Some of you may remember reading my blog post about my personal experience with pregnancy. I caught a lot of flack for that post from people who seemed to misunderstand me. These are typically the same people who encourage every woman, regardless of her… Continue Reading “Bearable”
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Category: gratitudeTags: babies, baby, bearable, bearables, birth, children, doctors, friends, friendship, God, grateful, gratitude, health, humor, Mayo Clinic, miracle, miracles, parenting, prayer, pregnancy, pros and cons, science
Posted on June 12, 2012
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Yesterday, as I wandered about the dim kitchen, attempting to tidy things up minus electricity in the middle of a thunderstorm, I heard a solid knock at the back door. I jumped and wondered who it could be since I wasn’t expecting any company.… Continue Reading “Finding the funny”
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Category: gratitudeTags: attitude, baking, blackberries, family, fishing, funny, grateful, gratitude, humor, Iraq, jokes, pie, PTSD, veterans, Vietnam War, war