Month: March 2007
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Triple A musings
Concept I came across recently … how well does it work for you? Just because we accept a person does not mean that we approve or agree. Accept as in recognizing their value and worth as a person (in spite of their natural tendency to sin, including those sins which may personally hurt us) ……
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Perpetual Peter Pans
You’ve seen them and know them – the perpetual Peter Pans. The men (and women) who “don’t wanna to grow up.” These are the ones who want to play “doctor,” but never want to play “mommy and daddy.” The ones who loved the food, games and fun at Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant and now embrace…
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Always birthday cake time
The great thing about having a big family is it automatically guarantees lots of folks to eat birthday cake. With five children in six years, my parents insured that even in January – when we had three birthdays inside of a week – the cakes would disappear. At the end of the birthday supper, Mom…
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This week I stole (with permission) my son’s thoughts on his ‘easy to get’ scholarship. I am reposting it here along with comments I added for my column. The recent interest in providing area students with a guaranteed college scholarship reminded me of the following entry my son posted last summer on his weblog (hexmode.com…
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Try a bite
About once every three or four months I listen talk radio for about 10 minutes – after that my patience runs out. My 10 minutes last week intercepted the Dr. Laura Schlessinger show and one caller’s question about her picky eater. Dr. Laura’s response, short as ever, rejected the mother’s concern, “Leave your child alone,…