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Tending Your Garden
By the time winter has just about worn me out with long, dark days and vacant scenery, spring bursts forth. I anxiously head outdoors to...
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Father Knows Best
In my early teens, I had a crush on a certain boy who was a year or two older than me. He was quite worldly, having been reared very...
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Keeping up Appearances
After a serious back injury several years ago, I had a few pounds to lose after being laid-up for an extended period of time. One of our...
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A Meatloaf Marriage
Some dear friends of ours have been married more than 50 years. For him, it was love at first sight. He spotted her at a local beach...
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Unmasking the Impostor
Nearly everyone loves a masquerade party. It can be fun to dress up and pretend to be someone else for a little while . . . maybe a...
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In Sickness and in Health
Little did my sweet husband realize when we exchanged our wedding vows that I would get all the sickness and he would get all the health....
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That Three-Letter Word ~ SEX
Sexual intimacy is a subject many Christians have difficulty discussing, but it’s a topic that needs to be examined particularly in our...