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Connection

I spent this past weekend in one of my happy places – the mountains of North Carolina. I love it there, even if it is not home in the way the hills of my native North Mississippi are home to…

A Crowded Table

Our dining room table will seat 8 comfortably, 10 in a stretch, and we have squeezed 12 in on at least two occasions.  It’s not a pretty table – it’s that honey oak popular in the eighties – but one…

Friends who disagree

I’m blogging every day of November, with each day being a post about a thing for which I am grateful. – HH On the fifth day, I’m grateful for people in my life who disagree with me and yet try to…

Don’t do it by yourself.

One of my favorite stories: A salesman was driving through the country on his way to his next appointment. He took a curve too fast and ended up in the ditch. He had no cell service to call AAA, and…