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Entries Tagged as 'Our Kids'

Merry Christmas – In Keeping With The Season!!

December 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Our Kids, Photos, Videos, Tom & Me

I think the “Arkansas Memories Tour of 2009″ will best be continued after Christmas/New Year’s Eve & football are over.  For now, we’ll all concentrate on Christmas cheer.
For today, I have one of our latest photos for this season from Tom’s office dinner & party.  We are family, this year, with my beautiful daughter, Rebecca, [...]

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For I Am Convinced

December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Inspirational, Our Kids, Reflections, Spirituality

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:38-39
The [...]

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Who Am I

November 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Health, Inspirational, Movies; Music, Our Kids, Reflections, Tom's Family, Uncategorized

Casting Crowns
Being in the middle generation between an elderly parent and grown children with young families many times – as has been lately – brings about all kinds of family crises.  Add to the mix siblings, nieces and nephews, even a grown grandchild with a little girl of her own and life can become a [...]

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Amazing Graces

October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Friends, Health, Inspirational, Movies; Music, Our Kids, Photos, Videos, Spirituality, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

I feel very blessed with amazing graces this morning because of all of your heartfelt comments and prayers on my behalf and for Rebecca and our entire family.
One of the biggest blessings came yesterday about noon when Rebecca called me to tell me she’d had a CT scan early yesterday morning, that the abscess in [...]

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A Day of Silence, Fasting & Prayer

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Friends, Health, Inspirational, Our Kids, Perspective, Photos, Videos, Tom & Me

My dear friends,
I am home (last night at dark) from an eight day, 575  mile (one way) trip alone to go stay with and care for my dear daughter, Rebecca, last week out near Dallas.  She spent nine days in the hospital with a severe kidney infection and belatedly discovered abscess in her right kidney.  [...]

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Family Reunion Photos

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Our Kids, Photos, Videos, Tom & Me, View From the 80's

We were without internet access all weekend due to a blasted defective modem.  (Second time we’ve had to replace it in less than 2 years!)  I was completely bummed out.
Oh well . . . all is resolved now, modem wise, as of late yesterday afternoon.  Although, I had to spend all morning this morning now [...]

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Smile Box – Family Reunion, Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine, Texas, July 2009

July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Our Kids, Photos, Videos, Tom & Me, Tom's Family, View From the 80's

Family Reunion, Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine, Texas, July 2009
This link above shows you the greatest pictures and video you will ever see of a 22 member, 4-generation family reunion at the great resort, Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine, Texas, for three glorious days in July, 2009.
Y’all enjoy!
And, thanks to my son, Mark, and daughter-in-law, Lynn, for [...]

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