Encouraging Extraordinary!
Encouraging words, lighthearted rants, and devoted thoughts about Life, Faith, Friends, and Family!
Monday, June 20, 2022
Pixie Sticks and Schadenfreude!*
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Hot Summer days spent by the pool with 50 other kids in embarrassingly small swimsuits… miles of Pixie Stix consumed six inches at a time ...
Monday, June 13, 2022
Does It Have Any Value?*
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When my kids were young, we tried to have a family adventure each week, like trips to a local attraction, the YMCA pool, fishing in the p...
Sunday, April 17, 2022
Grafted In: a Lesson Learned from a Weeping Cherry Tree*
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Every Easter at the home of my adolescence, my Mother would host the family Easter gathering after church. There was usually ham, sweet po...
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Maundy Thursday, What Is It?*
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When I was a young Baptist kid, I only knew of two days of the Holy Week, Palm Sunday and Easter. One involved Palm Branches and a Hosanna s...
Monday, March 28, 2022
When Things Don't Go Our Way...
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When things don’t go our way… In elementary school, I participated in Royal Ambassador basketball. “Royal Ambassadors,” or “RAs,” was a B...
Friday, March 18, 2022
Why Are We Still Here?*
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Why are we still here? I sometimes wonder how kids survive ‘til adulthood. I had gotten an archery set for a birthday in elementary school,...
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Who Has The Keys?*
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Who has the keys? In my tweenage years in the Summers, I was outside playing most of the time, playing pickup football, basketball, stickbal...
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