“So do you have family – husband and children?” “No it’s just me.” “Oh that’s good – you can serve God more that way…” The last time someone said it, my buttons had been pushed one too many times and I responded with a little less grace than normal: “Well no, actually I expect that […]
There are two reasons why I love this Relient K song. 1) It makes me smile every time I hear that catchy tune. 2) It makes me smile every time I listen to the lyrics.
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I have just put my salty swimming costume in the laundry when Mum calls us into her room. She is sitting on the edge of the bed – the one we used to jump in as kids, all five of us, loud and raucous under the blue and gold brocade quilt. Dad is standing near the
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One of the best ways to find out the type of family you want, is to look at what we don’t want. Sad but true. You only have to look at the news once to see what you don’t want to be like. For some reason this seems to be glorified in our society through
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A couple who have been married for 70 years say the secret to their happy marriage is one argument a day – that’s 25,550 disagreements to date!! Kath Shevels 91 said – “You have got to get everything out in the open and take the bad with the good.” This is from an article on
Not because of special effects, cinematography, eloquent scripting or romantic fervour.
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How about, if just for a day, we all treated each other, including strangers, as if we were all best friends?
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