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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

20

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Kate said "20" and the first thing that popped into my mind was my 20 favorite Bible verses. So, here we go...

1. Zephaniah 3:17 "The Lord your God is with you; the mighty One will save you. He will rejoice over you. You will rest in His love; He will sing and be joyful about you.” (New Century . . .

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July 11, 2022

Trust

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Trust is defined as "reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, of a person or thing; confidence; confident expectation of something; hope." 

As a child, I remember singing the hymn, Trust and Obey. I think I liked the melody more than the actual words, to be honest. It can be easy to trust, but actually . . .

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July 06, 2022

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