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Tag: Faith

  • Uncertainty Therapy

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    The Last Frontier summer is rapidly fading into fall, and this aging ragamuffin’s fall season of life has already experienced winter’s first snows.   Uncertainty is a certainty of life. Lately, life’s uncertainties have been edging into my ponderings. A comforting quote I recently heard helps mitigate the ‘worry’ of uncertainty … “Write your plans…

  • Cycle of Life

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    Yesterday we awoke to 2026’s first summer/fall transition snowfall … after all … it is August here in the Last Frontier A short road trip to Hatcher Pass was in order. Here’s a few summer/fall transition snowfall scenes that delighted our eyes with wonder. While Ellie chose to stay in the car, I took off…

  • Dolly’s Legacy

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    Along with countless others, my wife and are grieving Dolly’s passing, only eased by knowing someday we will be forever reunited. Ellen and I are blessed to be able to snowbird between two awesome corners of Creation … the vast Greatland of Alaska, and the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains of TN. Our TN home is…

  • Mercy

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    Fred D
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    Among those of who patiently tolerated scrolling through the pic barrage of Ellen and my Hawaiian Vacation someone inquired, “What did you enjoy most about Hawaii?” … a totally unfair question … but I’ll mark my favorite: X Splashing with sea turtles in the ocean X Savoring a hot cup of Kona Coffee X Viewing…

  • Hear the Bells, not the Dissention

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    Fred D
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    Peace and good will are prevalent during the Christmas season, but not for everyone. Tis’ a season of conflict and enmity for some. Christmas day 1863 found Henry Wadsworth Longfellow grieving over his son wounded in the Civil War battle of Gettysburg. Two years earlier his wife had burned to death in a fire. Consumed…

  • From Diapers to Depends

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    Fred D
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    Yep, that’s Litl’ Freddy 38 years ago (delusional dyslexia), grateful I’m not yet clipping Depends coupons to redeem 😊 . . .  and here’s a sketch of Ole’ Freddy today . . . Notice any changes other than the hat covering the shiny bald patch on my noggin’? 😊 Before snuggling under the covers tonight,…

  • Thankful Perspectives

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    Fred D
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    The First Thanksgiving It’s estimated Americans will gobble down some 40 million turkeys this Thanksgiving . . . good time to be a chicken 😊 A customary Thanksgiving meal tradition is having each person seated around the table share one thing they’re thankful for . . .  family, friends, faith, health, material blessings, etc. .…

  • Miracles

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    Fred D
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    Miracle – “A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of divine agency.” – Oxford dictionary Ever experience a miracle? . . . you are one, as am I and every other person, a “…surprising and welcome event of divine agency…

  • Attitude Paradigm Shift

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    My wife has been ‘vacationing’ in a rehab facility since a fall nearly 6 weeks ago shattered her right arm … naturally she’s right-handed ☹.  This unexpected event suddenly thrust me back into temporary bachelorhood, and I’m not particularly enjoying it. Perhaps I’m different … tone down those AMENs!😊 …  but my default response to…

  • The Grief of “WHY?”

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    Watching the horrendous scenes of the incomprehensible tragic devastation and loss of lives in the recent Texas floods, especially those so young, truly breaks my heart, reminding me how so undeservedly blessed I am! . . . by His Grace alone I’ve been spared the unimaginable grief of losing a child. The enemy delights using…