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Silas Says…

Grandma’s a good sport. She got a lesson in “Grandma 101” (as my sister Charis put it) from Silas during her visit with us. Silas was just being his usual precocious self, but it was at Grandma’s expense! After helping Silas get cleaned up in the bathroom, Grandma put his dirty underwear in the “whites”… Read More Silas Says…

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Missing Him

Today is Pop-pop’s birthday. He may be gone from us, but he is not gone. He’s waiting for us in Heaven. He’s happy today. He’s whole. And he’s with his Savior that he loved. Below is a poem that I recently found. It brought a smile to my heart. Maybe your heart will smile too.… Read More Missing Him

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The Wall

The Wall is many granite sections, solid, cool, and black, A visitor may pause to touch a name. It just seems that in the dark reflections hands are reaching back, As if to greet and touch and hold the hands of those who came. And every name’s a father or a husband or a son,… Read More The Wall

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John Stuart Mill on War

Here’s an interesting quote to ponder: bq. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important… Read More John Stuart Mill on War