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Memorial Day is a day off for most, a day of reflection for some and a day of honor for few in our society. Let's take the time between meals at cookouts and BBQ's to reverse this list and concentrate on....The Few! They are the ones who voluntarily sacrificed for us...
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It took me a bit to recall any slogans or mottoes used in my family, but they've started to come, so I've started to type. "Kwicherbellyakin" - I don't know if that's spelled correctly, according to Grandma Jolley's wooden plaque that used to hang above one of the doors in her...
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I remember by grandpa W.A. Adams giving me a bit of his wisdom. He always liked to share slogans and sayings, and had lots of them to share with others. I remember one in particular. In his nineties, there were times that he could see that I was frustrated as a...
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I recently went through my book of remembrance looking at pictures and reading excerpts of the letters. My mother compiled it year by year as I grew up with at least one picture every year and a letter from her and/or my dad describing things that happened that year. In each...
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My mother was the source of a few sayings that have survived her. One she used grated on my nerves each time I heard it. It had to do with my doing "chores" around the house. I honestly wasn't burdened with very many but once in a while when I was...
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This is a story my dad particularly requested several months ago. My 5-year-old son came home after church one Sunday with a picture he had drawn in Sunday School. It showed a large circle divided in two sections. On the left, Ryan explained, he had drawn stick figures representing Grandma (Diane...
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The Presbytery of Tampa Bay (our regional organization) has long recognized the need for a Presbyterian Church in the New Tampa/Wesley Chapel area. Beginning in November 2000, a small group of Presbyterians in the local area agreed to assist the presbytery in the preliminary work of a new church development: assessing...
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Bill Corey talks about his favourite childhood room.
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Bill Corey talks about growing up in Tarlee, South Australia in the 1920's.
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I have heard so many talks and presentations that include something like this: "When I was a kid, my parents used to always tell me, 'Remember who you are and what you stand for.'" Then they proceed to explain they didn't know what that meant until years later. I had the...
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My second cousin Ada Fralin was a remarkable woman for her time. As a nine-year-old she lost her mom to cancer. Being the only girl in the family with two brothers and a dad committed to farming, she assumed the tasks of an adult at a very young age. She became...
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