Posted by Editormum on 15 June 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Yesterday, I posted about the results of hurry on my gelatin dessert. Today’s post is about a lesson learned while selling curriculum at a local home-school fair. It’s about the mistakes that happen when you’re in a hurry, but it’s also about how quickly and easily a reputation can be destroyed. I believe that it was […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, kindness, Philosophy, Religion, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 28 April 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I learned an important lesson from a room-mate nearly fifteen years ago, and some recent events have brought it to mind again. The lesson is about blessing and being blessed. In the mid-90s, I was working in the Chicago metropolitan area. The majority of the staff lived in company-owned housing, in an arrangement similar to […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, injury, Jesus, kindness, Philosophy, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 25 January 2010 in Uncategorized |
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If some scientist somewhere could come up with a way to alter the stream of time, I would be so very grateful. I have a boatload and a half of projects that need attention, and there’s nowhere near enough time to address them all. Among the pile of things to do… I’m discontinuing my blogs […]
Tags: challenges, character, Family Life, stress
Posted by Editormum on 10 January 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I’ve been thinking a lot about crosses lately. I daresay that sounds a strange topic of thought — it’s C.S. Lewis’s fault. Between Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, I’m getting a lot of input about what Jesus meant when He said that each of His followers must “deny himself, take up his cross daily, […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, faith, fear, grace, Jesus, karate, pain, parenting, Philosophy, Religion, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 4 January 2010 in Uncategorized |
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This post is long overdue, because I couldn’t figure out how to write it without sounding like I’m bragging. And I still haven’t really figured it out. So I’m just going to tell it as it comes out of my brain to my fingers, and ask my readers to believe that I’m really and truly […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, Education, Family Life, fear, honours, karate, Religion, respect, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 11 November 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Okay, I am really upset, and I am in a quandary. The lack of customer appreciation, communication, and service in even small companies these days is utterly bewildering and appalling to me. And this week’s experience is just another example of how bad — and how stupid — things can get. I love my eye-doctor. […]
Tags: challenges, character, customer service, Family Life, honesty, integrity, rant, respect, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 29 October 2009 in Uncategorized |
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You might think it odd that I learned about honesty while taking a vacation, but it’s a fact. My goals for my vacation were fairly simple: Goof off. Read. Hook a couple of rugs. Swim. Body-surf. Sleep. Walk the beach. Find some good seashells. Build some sandcastles. Eat good seafood. Buy a few souvenirs. Other […]
Tags: challenges, character, children, Family Life, honesty, integrity, Philosophy, Religion, respect, swimming, vacation
Posted by Editormum on 23 October 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Continuing the list of lessons I learned from my recent vacation, The second lesson is: Trust your parents. Now, let me say right off that I am certain that some of my readers have parents who should not be trusted. But you’d better make mighty sure before you decide your parents are in that category. […]
Tags: boys, character, Christianity, Family Life, karate, parenting, Religion, True Stories, vacation
Posted by Editormum on 29 September 2009 in Uncategorized |
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Penelope Trunk has an interesting Yom Kippur post on her blog, and the comments are equally challenging. A lot of people out there are seeking, and an equally large number of people have been hurt by organized religion. After reading some of the comments, I felt compelled to post a comment myself. I am copying and expanding […]
Tags: character, Christianity, faith, good works, grace, Philosophy, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 13 July 2009 in
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This story shows exactly why our society is in the mess it’s in. And so, for that matter, does this one. We have completely lost our sense of personal responsibility. I mean, completely. But let me start with a more personal example of taking personal responsibility. Twenty-four years ago, I was walking home from school […]
Tags: character, charity, Dave Ramsey, finances, honesty, integrity, kindness, Larry Winget, Philosophy, responsibility, self-help