Okay – the word is gullible. Although, I much prefer trusting. But, I’ve been called on it, now, some three times in the past three or four days since the Captain Gulf post, so I guess I need to consider the possibility, at least, that that’s what I am – gullible. One long time friend [...]
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Just down the road, between here and downtown Slidell there’s a nice city sports park that has long had nicely trimmed shrubs on a small rise of ground out in front spelling out the name "John Slidell" in greenery. I know it’s been there since I lived in Picayune, Mississippi, and I left there in [...]
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While the "official" relationship between my husband, Tom, and my son, Mark, may be "stepdad" and "stepson," they are actually two peas in a pod in lots of ways. Most ways, actually. But, probably the most important way in which they are alike, much to my chagrin, is in their joy in telling what they [...]
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I admit it. I’m a big chicken about a lot of things. But, not the things you would think, probably. Like undergoing open heart surgery and five bypasses last March. I wasn’t particularly scared about that before hand. I just figured it was in God’s hands. Of course, it all came about so fast that [...]
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If you read Saturday’s thoughts, you know they had to do with dancing. Dancing with Jesus. That’s a joyful thought. So is the thought of dancing with our mates. How often to we do that, anyway? Probably not enough. Well, maybe one way to think of it is that there are many kinds of dances [...]
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"God’s gift to us is life…Our gift to God is how we live it." This new version of the "footprints" story really caught me off guard at the end…What a blessing. FOOTPRINTS…A New Version Imagine you and the Lord Jesus are walking down the road together. For much of the way, the Lord’s footprints go [...]
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My 83 year old mom and I exchange emails just about every day, keeping close tabs on each other these days, since we live far away from each other. I live in South Louisiana and she lives in Abilene, Texas – some 800 miles away. Sure, my younger sister and her family live there, but [...]
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It's all about seeking out a better way, while exploring the less traveled side roads along the path . . .
I want you to leave here feeling better about yourself than when you dropped by, having either learned something new, thought about something differently or having just had a good laugh or two.
Dee Andrews, Esq.
Attorney, Former Journalist, Author
South Mississippi