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Christmas Mysteries
Almost all the stories about Christmas are full of magic and wonder. While most of us try to maintain an adult demeanor most of the time, Christmas does tend to bring out the child in each of us. Every...
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Almost Christmas
To belabor the obvious – it’s almost Christmas, or as kids everywhere like to remind us, it’s Christmas Eve-eve. Chevy ChaseNational Lampoon’sChristmas Vacation We’re making the last minute...
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Thoughts on the Day after Christmas
It’s December 26th – Boxing Day in Great Britain, as well as Australia, New Zealand and Canada. In the US it’s a big day for returning unwanted gifts – mainly to recover the money to take advantage of...
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Happy New Year!
We finally made it! It’s now officially 2013! Smokey isn’t impressed with the New Year hype. Personally, I’m off to a great start. The cold that had me sidelined for the past week seems to have given...
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In Sickness and in Health
I haven’t written much this week because we’ve had a few medical issues around here. Three were planned, but there was at least one middle-of-the-night exciting surprise. The kids needed to get one...
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Workers’ Day
Labor Day was not created to mark the end of summer. Those who labor to produce the products and services that fuel the American economy are far more important than we often think. We fall into the...
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Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving – the traditional start of the second phase of the Christmas shopping season; the first phase began after Halloween. Once upon a time, in my life, Thanksgiving was a time for the...
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Christmas Night
What more can be said about Christmas that hasn’t already been said? Among the gifts, one that many overlook – A gift whose value is beyond measure. A gift that need not, and indeed cannot be returned....
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Familiarity doesn’t breed contempt, it just causes us to ignore things. Google “tourist attractions” and the name of the place where you live. Go ahead—I’ll wait. There will be a variety of listings,...
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I’ve Been Busy—Not Ignoring You
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been preparing the materials for an emergency communications course. It’s amazing that when someone else has prepared over 600 PowerPoint slides (with notes) that it would...
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