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Entries Tagged as 'Friends'

As Photo Contest Judging Continues – Practice Patience!

August 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Blogging, Finding Direction Contests, Friends, Inspirational, Reflections, Uncategorized

The  judges in the Finding Direction Summer 2010 Photo Contest are busy, busy pouring over all of the entries.  In all, there were nearly 70 entries (I missed several the other day – sorry about that.  Nearly left a couple of people out, and certainly don’t want that to happen) and it’s taking time to [...]

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The Girl in the Woods

May 18th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Friends, Inspirational, Perspective, Philosophical, Reflections, Spirituality, Stories, Uncategorized

She lived out in the deep Piney Woods of East Texas, a good ways out from Nacogdoches.
She was 19 years old and married to a small thin man in his late 30s or early 40s who looked to be twice his age and was crippled up in his left arm from a working accident some [...]

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Me & Bobby McGee . . . Well, Actually . . . Me & Patrick Mead!

March 15th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Blogging, Friends, Tom & Me, Uncategorized

Yep.  I’ve met the humble, yet esteemed, brilliant, funny Patrick Mead.  And what a joy that was!!  Well, on my part, anyway.  I have no idea what Patrick thought of moi.
Friday afternoon about 4 p.m., Tom & I both got to meet Patrick, whom I have long considered one of my dearest blog buddies (see [...]

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Today Is Question Day

March 4th, 2010 · 19 Comments · Blogging, Friends, Perspective, Reflections

I’ve decided that today shall be “Question Day” here at Finding Direction.  You ask me questions and I’ll answer.  Any subject/topic, full of meaning or meaningless, things that have really been bugging you about me/us/the “fam” that you don’t know, but would like to know, anything philosophical or educational that you think I might have [...]

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God Bless You All – I Am Thankful For You

November 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Friends, Inspirational, Photos, Videos

May God’s richest blessings be with you today and may we all raise our voices in thanksgiving to Him, our creator, our loving Father, who blesses us with all things.
I am joyfully thankful for all of you – my dear friends.
Dee

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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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