A friend told me about a Hospice nurse who used to greet her patient with, “How can we make this a wonderful day?” What a great way to greet the morning. With all my aches and pains it is easy to begin my morning with gripes and grumbles, when I should be asking how to…

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They went to him and woke him up, shouting, “master, master, we are perishing!” And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves. — Luke 8:24. I would need a thousand toes and fingers to be able to count the times I finally turned to God, only after I tried unsuccessfully to work…

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Tomorrow brings the coronation of King Charles III. Also, the Kentucky Derby. What a weekend for women’s hats and men’s top hats! I’m thinking of pairing mint juleps with coronation chicken sandwiches. Throw in a long weekend of cinco de mayo celebrations with margaritas, sombreros, colorful skirts, and my favorite cuisine since I was first…

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A great pianist was once asked by an admirer, “How do you handle the notes as well as you do?” The artist answered, “The notes I handle no better than many pianists, but the pauses between the notes – that is where the art resides!” I am confident that I’ve written about the wisdom above.…

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But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. — Wisdom 3:1. My mother’s soul is one hundred and five today. Her physical body left this earth long ago, but I am convinced that her soul remains “in the hands of God.” As we get older, we…

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