Author Archives: Dotsie

She’s Coming Home

May 5, 2008 – 6:10 am

I”m so bummed. I just wrote the best blog, but wasn’t signed in so I lost the whole thing. This is a shorter version of the one I just wrote, and not nearly as good either.
My daughter moves home from college tomorrow. I’m excited, I’m scared, I’m apprehensive. I love my daughter. You all know […]

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Meeting Online Friends

April 21, 2008 – 5:44 am

“Whatever you do, do not talk to kids you don’t know online.” How many times have I said these words to my children? “And whatever you do, NEVER meet someone face to face that you’ve met online.”
It totally freaks me out to think about my daughter meeting someone she’s met online at a local […]

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When I Am Afraid

March 31, 2008 – 8:36 am

My tongue swept over the far back, top, left tooth where I felt a little gap. My heart raced. I knew something was wrong. I swept the tooth one more time with my tongue and sure enough, a piece of my filling was missing. Urg! There are two things in life that make me shudder. […]

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Pleasant surprises

March 24, 2008 – 6:36 am

Some of our company began arriving at 10:00 AM so they could go to church with us. The last few left at 8:30 PM. I am exhausted today, but it feels good because it’s for good reason.
Our two college aged kids and one of their friends camped out with us all weekend, along with […]

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Looking Back

March 10, 2008 – 5:29 am

I often think about sharing my morning devotional with everyone here and I always get side-tracked. Today I brought my book out to the office so I would remember to do it.
Ross and I are doing a book study with our church. We’ve met four weeks thus far and so far, so good. The book […]

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For the Good of Others

March 3, 2008 – 8:44 am

“We’ve raised twice what we expected tonight!” These were the words of a friend who was involved in having a fund raiser to cover medical expenses for his brother. You see, his brother was his dear friend and business partner, was married with three children, became sick and depressed and tried to take his life. […]

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Are Those My Words?

February 25, 2008 – 7:49 am

While browsing some of the articles written about baby boomers online last week, I came across one titled, Superwomen of the Baby Boomer Generation. The title drew me in so I began to read. I was immediately struck and shocked to learn that the words might be mine. My heart began pounding as I read […]

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