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I got out my novel yesterday. I was in the middle of reading The Sweet Life by Lynn York- a wonderful woman from whom I took a class at High Point Universtity in 2008. It was my senior year of...
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I haven’t been outside yet today. It’s raining; the sky is silver and the trees are bare and dark, soaked to the core with water.
And my grandpa died yesterday. I know that grandparents tend to die,...
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John Acuff recently suggested that instead of resolving to do things this year, we finish things.
If you don't know who John Acuff is, go ahead and Google him. You'll probably learn more about him...
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My husband left me today, and my son went with him.
They went to church to do a little work before heading off to the zoo with the extended family.
But I have to go to work at noon, so I was left at...
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I had a doctor's appointment today because I felt very strange last week. Stomach hurt. Had no appetite. Among the usual cold symptoms and some other odd things. The doctor didn't do anything but...
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This morning, I spilled my coffee while making chicken pot pie.
Yes. You read that correctly.
It's 1:07 p.m. and our chicken pot pie dinner is almost finished.
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Well, Christmas is over.
Last week, I decided to decorate the house. Why the change of heart? I remembered that we were having the family at our house for Christmas Day, and you cannot celebrate...
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There are five days until Christmas and I am sitting in a lovely and ancient soft leather chair passed down to me from my grandma. My feet are propped on the matching ottoman and I am writing to tell...
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Last week I went to Missouri to see my grandma. My mom went, too. And my sister and her children. And I took my son.
I haven't seen my grandma in three years. We write letters and send an occasional...
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Question: which word in the following sentence is completely meaningless?
We don't have a Christmas Tree yet.
If you guessed the word yet, then you are correct.
I have been speaking that sentence for...
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Yesterday, when writing a to-do list for today, one of the things I wrote was, "Make a list of things I will need to make fabric leaves."
Fabric Leaves are a pretty and crafty thing for which I...
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Real Simple recently held a contest to determine a new Simply Stated Blogger for the month of October.
I, like a million other hopeful writers, entered the contest.
I was hopeful for the prize, but...
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I know that there are some people who just can’t spend enough time ironing. I’ve heard that it soothes them. But I am not one of those people.
For 25 years, I have tried my hardest to avoid ironing....
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The mice were unexpected, but came in droves. We heard them first in the winter of 2008. We had just bought our first house in August of that year. It was a fixer-upper, but we were young and saw...
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. If you still haven’t succeeded, stop and do something your good at.
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When my son was born, my sister gave me her sewing machine. It happened that my...
