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Consume

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"Consume" - to do away with completely, to spend wastefully or use up, to eat or drink in excess, to enjoy avidly, to engage fully, to utilize as a customer.

We are all consumers of something. We consume food and drink, social media, and other forms of entertainment. Lately, I've been more cognizant of my consumption of all of . . .

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February 13, 2024

Say

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The other morning I was reading James 3:1-12 which talks about the tongue and whether or not it can be controlled. Verse 2 reads, "For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature..." I don't know about you, but many times I have felt that I've said the wrong thing, in the wrong way, or at . . .

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January 23, 2024

Anticipate

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What do we anticipate? I look forward to date nights with my husband, an . . .

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October 16, 2023

Sunshine

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I keep thinking and some days, even praying, about finding a better rhythm to my writing. As in, writing more than just my once-a-month Share Four Somethings blog. I do miss the Thursday evening Twitter parties we had a few years ago, with other Five Minute Friday writers, and could "blame" it on that, but I won't. Some weeks I feel . . .

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June 20, 2023

Ignore

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Silvrback blog imageWe have had some harsh winter weather in TN for a few days here and there over the past month. It is difficult to ignore the warnings of the local meteorologists. We have had "red alert" weather days for extreme cold (zero degrees with below zero wind chills), excessive rain, and also some freezing rain/sleet/snow mixtures. I am thankful they . . .

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February 06, 2023

Perform

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Perform - to carry out, do; to act or carry out an action; to give a performance. 

Looking back over my life, I have performed a lot! I was in children's choirs at church, numerous piano recitals, and high school choirs in which I sang or played the piano as an accompanist. In college, I was a vocal major and spent 4 years . . .

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November 10, 2022

Spontaneous

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"Spontaneous." As a rule, I do not naturally lean toward this tendency. I am much more a list-type person that likes to plan ahead and know what is coming up next. Doing something that "arises from a momentary impulse", doesn't happen very often.

Oh, I do have my moments. Take last week for example. I suggested to my husband that . . .

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September 22, 2022

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