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5 Minute Friday: On Friends
Friends are one of my favorite topics. Ever. Why? Because I have known so many, and I really cannot imagine what my life would have been like without them. I started early, although I am certain I cannot remember all the way back to the first one. My first memory are of inanimate ones: Joey,…
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5 Minute Friday : Growing
The clock is ticking. The word for the day is “growing.” Growing is going on all around me. My pants are growing too large for me. My son is growing at an alarming rate — he is 26 months old, and I swear, he is almost the entire length of his toddler bed. We will…
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Five Minute Friday : Whole
. Whole. That’s the word, hummingbird. What does it mean to me? In an earthly sense, it brings to mind elusiveness. In a spiritual sense, it brings to mind its true, intended meaning: completeness. Then, why do I find myself still feeling from time to time a sense of longing? Is it really just impatience…
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Five Minute Friday : Still
A songwriter friend of mine once wrote a song called The End of the Stillness It is a beautiful song that, for me, is about the moment when you feel like the stillness — if not a helpful one — comes to an end, and you feel movement — a truly helpful kind — take…
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5 Minute Friday : Full
So, through my friend Mary Kathryn’s beauty for ashes blog, I learned about The Gypsy Mama, and she hosts this thing called “5 Minute Friday,” well, every Friday. She gives a one-word prompt and encourages readers/writers to set a timer and begin typing about that prompt — until the 5 minutes elapse. Today was the…
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