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Vignette: Prayers in a Parking Lot

On the second day of our retirement ride, Rich and I had a very unique experience.  We were some where in Tennessee having left Marietta, GA on the Tuesday morning and we were headed toward Paducah, KY.  Our norm each day was to ride for about one hundred and twenty miles, then take a rest stop and gas up if necessary.  On that Tuesday morning we had taken a break at a rest stop somewhere in Tennessee.  I had headed into the building to use the facilities while Rich took a stretch.

I was inside for a while because a . . . → Read More: Vignette: Prayers in a Parking Lot

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Waiting For God

I have to write about this because it just seems to keep coming up in one way or another in my daily readings.  Patience is a virtue that I have had to work hard on acquiring.  Left to my own devices I’m a “I want what I want, when I want it” type of gal. (Partners well with that “fly by the seat of my pants” personality that I have!)  I love immediate results – yesterday!!

So when I opened my copy of the Daily Word yesterday and saw the topic was “patience” a small inner part of me groaned.  . . . → Read More: Waiting For God

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Poetry & Shared Wisdom

I really enjoy the writings of Maya Angelou.  One of my favorite pieces is an extraordinary poem that she wrote about a phenomenal woman – and she is!  When I read it I feel so much better about myself.  I want to walk taller and prouder.  I feel as though she is writing about me.  As James Brown said: “I feel good.”  

 

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies

I’m not cute or built to suit a model’s fashion size

But when I start to tell them

They think I’m telling lies.

I say

It’s in the . . . → Read More: Poetry & Shared Wisdom