The last several weeks have been challenging, to say the least, for our family and for our oldest daughter, Kristin, in particular. It's been more than 3 weeks since she had the father of all headaches - an event that…
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Janet and I have spent the better part of two weeks watching a number of feel good Christmas movies. Of course, most of them have been on the Hallmark channel, the channel I would pick if I could only choose…
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Last week, Janet ran into a friend and was lamenting the fact that she didn't know what presents to buy for various people in the family. Janet's friend responded, "Just give them love..." When Janet repeated the conversation to me, the…
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I was staying at my favorite local hotel in Evansville Monday evening, in anticipation of a full day of work on Tuesday. I was pretty tired and decided to turn in early. After all, I start at 7 am with…
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So, let's see. First we had Thanksgiving - then we had Black Friday. By the way, for those of you who don't know the meaning of "black Friday", it's the day of the year that many retailers go from losing…
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This time of year is difficult for many people. They may have gone through a number of transitions in their lives - job loss, divorce, illness, even the loss of a loved one. And this time of year doesn't necessarily…
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This year, Janet and I actually starting putting up the Christmas decorations the week before Thanksgiving. Now this is in direct opposition to what we believe in - but we didn't see any possible way to get it all done…
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... go awry once in a while. And that's what happened today, Thanksgiving Day, 2014. To be perfectly honest, I am a little embarrassed about it. Especially after I wrote a post yesterday about having prepared the holiday turkeys for…
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For the last forty two years, I have been in charge of cooking the Thanksgiving Day turkey. Janet does all the sides and the system has worked pretty well for us. Before I took over the duties of cooking the…
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We're less than two days away from Thanksgiving 2014 - a distinctly American holiday centered around the idea of acknowledging the settlers who came to America so many years ago and found freedom here. I ran across several fun facts…
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