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Posted on May 15, 2015
by Paris Renae
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In case you’re not from where I’m from, ‘Shug’ is pronounced ‘Shooog’ – like sugar. In fact, it’s used in calling someone sugar in a loving way… ‘Want to go to the store with me Shug?’ ‘Come sit by me Shug.’ ‘Oh Shug, I’m… Continue Reading “Shug…”
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Posted on May 8, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Did your mother ever sing to you ‘You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey…”? Mine did… I miss her… She also came in some mornings singing ‘Wake up, wake up you sleepy head. The sun… Continue Reading “My Sunshine…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: babies, confide, dad, daughter, emotion, flowers, grandmother, hug, intimacy, kiss, mom, mother, old, parent, proud, rocking chair, singing, smile, son, stories, sun, sunshine, young
Posted on May 1, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Each morning we wake to…choice… Be choosy… Choose to give the best part of your day to God – then do the dishes, take out the trash, make breakfast… Choose to smile – instead of frown, instead of how you feel, instead of all… Continue Reading “Be Choosy…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: accidents, alcohol, choices, Christ, Down Syndrome, drugs, forgive, genetics, Instagram, Jesus, love, neighbor, parents, politics, pregnancy, religion, rose, sobriety, teenager, truth, ugly
Posted on April 24, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Over the last several years many things have happened that I’ve had no control over – so when the little annoyances of life would crop up I found myself saying ‘Whatever’ – sometimes with an exclamation point, sometimes this with a sigh… While it was… Continue Reading “Whatever…”
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Posted on April 17, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Who doesn’t like walking down to the mailbox? Maybe yours is by your door and you don’t have to go far – or maybe yours is grouped with others and so sometimes its a meeting place… I think the postal carrier smiles whenever she/he comes… Continue Reading “Mailbox…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: anniversary, birthday, card, email, friend, gift, graduate, history, husband, jazz, letter, love, mail, neighbor, pray, pretty, sick, smile, stamps, text, thank you, verse
Posted on April 10, 2015
by Paris Renae
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In the garden department I spotted an ‘all in one’ plant, a combination of several small flowering beauties that grow well together. The dangler on the collection said ‘it’s small now, but put in a large container and watch fill it out and give beauty for months to come’.… Continue Reading “Squishing Worms…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: beauty, bread, brocolli, butter, cookies, creation, eating, flowers, food, gardening, God, heaven, ice cream, morning, spinach, tomatoes, worms, zuchinni
Posted on April 3, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Our good friend and pastor in California recalled the following story when his oldest daughter was six… His wife couldn’t pick her up from school and had asked Larry to get her. Realizing he was running late he got over to the school… Continue Reading “Resurrection…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: blessed, California, celebration, church, classroom, daughter, death, Easter, eternity, God, hands, history, Jesus, power, promise, resurrection, school, singing, thankful, tradition
Posted on March 27, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Aprons are making a comeback, at least I think they are. I see them in gift stores, home stores, clothing stores, everywhere… My grandmother, better known as Nanny, always had an apron on – but she always had a dress on too. While… Continue Reading “Aprons…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: aprons, cookies, cooking, daughters, dresses, gifts, God, grandmothers, history, homemade, husband, kitchen, mother
Posted on March 20, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Time to throw open the windows and…breathe, don’t you think? First day of spring, that’s today. Time for fresh air… Changing seasons, changing us. Fresh air – like a cool, clear morning. A float down a lazy stream. A drive down a back… Continue Reading “Fresh Air…”
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Posted on March 13, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Eighteen years ago I dug up a tiny sapling from beneath the huge tree in our front yard. I went to the back yard and gauged where I thought it should go (seriously I thought it was way far from the deck). Today it has reached that maturity… Continue Reading “Seeds of…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: faith, gardening, God, love, maturity, mother, patience, plant, problems, seeds, share, trees, wisdom, worry
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