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growing up… growing old. Never!

Posted on August 22, 2025 by oct17

For all of my adult years, I’ve wanted to know what to be when I grew up.  Tom laughs, “Barb, you’ll never grow up.”  Now, I have learned… I don’t have to! No one ever really grows up. We’re always … Continue reading →

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… forgiven… and loved…

Posted on April 9, 2025 by oct17

I was so angry. I screamed… I could have cried. A dead baby rabbit lay at my feet in Tom’s shop. Soft pieces of fur were scattered around my feet.  Our two kittens, sitting nearby were oblivious to the heartbreak … Continue reading →

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Love is a demonstration…

Posted on March 14, 2025 by oct17

Yeah, yeah!!!!  It’s our anniversary day… March 14! Gary Chapman writes in The Five Love Languages (1992,1995), “Life is driven by the desire for success. We want our lives to count for something. We have our own idea of what … Continue reading →

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… focused…

Posted on October 13, 2023 by oct17

This October morning seemed perfect… crisp, cool, a deep blue sky. A sweet beginning to my favorite season. I don’t want to miss these days as I missed the months of August and September… days lost in preoccupation of busyness … Continue reading →

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… sharing a heart issue…

Posted on November 9, 2022 by oct17

I wonder, oh, I wonder where the little faces go…                                                                     … that come and smile and stay awhile and pass like flakes of snow. This is not one of my normal blog posts; thank you for granting me this privilege … Continue reading →

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… anchored…

Posted on October 10, 2022 by oct17

Today, I think I want to be a spider. If you suffer from arachnophobia, you may have already stopped reading this blog. Though I have a healthy respect for spiders, and don’t want them in the house, I am not … Continue reading →

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… on guard…

Posted on April 14, 2022 by oct17

“Do you see those yellow weeds in that field?” Tom moaned one morning as we looked out the kitchen window. “Every single one contains millions of seeds, all headed in our direction. It is impossible to keep them from our … Continue reading →

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… at home…

Posted on January 27, 2022 by oct17

“Oh, Tom, we have a summer place, don’t we?” I squealed over the loud music. He grinned, and nodded. We were cruising about 70 miles an hour this past Sunday on a country road, well, maybe  50 around the curves. … Continue reading →

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… holding on…

Posted on December 16, 2021 by oct17

“Go to your safe place and stay”… warns the TV or cell phone.  “Stay until the disaster is passed.” Is there a safe place when more than 30 devastating winter tornadoes make a very long journey through six states, destroying … Continue reading →

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… scattering jewels…

Posted on November 3, 2021 by oct17

Sometimes there are surprises in what we see. These days my vision is often blurred, even with glasses, so until that is corrected, I will enjoy some mistakes in reading! One morning when reading a passage in Hebrews, I declare … Continue reading →

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