Posted by Editormum on 17 November 2013 in
News Commentary,
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I have a lot of friends who are wait-staff. They frequently tell me how much they hate working Sunday lunch, because the church crowd are bad tippers. They speak of people who eat a nice meal, pay the bill, and walk out of the restaurant without leaving a tip. Or, worse, they leave only a […]
Tags: character, Christianity, church, customer service, etiquette, food, Jesus, kindness, news, Religion, respect, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 13 June 2012 in
Just Another Single Mother |
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God has a funny sense of humour. And a sweet way of hugging me when I need it most. My sons are headed off this weekend, the younger for Boy Scout camp, the older to work for a week with Appalachia Service Project — he will be working in Kentucky this year. So after taking […]
Tags: Appalachia Service Project, ASP, boys, character, children, Christianity, errands, faith, grace, kindness, Religion, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 18 December 2011 in Uncategorized |
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So I went out shopping today. Silly thing to do, a week before Christmas, but I had stuff to get. So. I left home at noon. At 7 p.m., I came out of Target to find that someone had parked an extended-cab pickup truck next to my CRV in such a way that there was […]
Tags: Christmas, good people, holidays, kindness, shopping, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 20 June 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Usually, I don’t bother much with the manufactured holidays. But this year, I have found Father’s Day to be a compelling topic of thought. So I want to tell my readers about Daddy. I am fortunate to still have my Daddy. So many of my friends have lost their dads, or their dads are in […]
Tags: Christianity, Daddy, Family Life, Father, Father's Day, kindness, love, Philosophy, Religion
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 18 December 2009 in Uncategorized |
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For several years, I’ve had a wonderful online friend named Mike. I knew him better by his screen-name, Metochoi, under which he moderated a Yahoo Group called Gothard_Discussion. I found the group shortly after my divorce, and several years after leaving the parachurch organization called The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) and its homeschool […]
Tags: ATIA, Christianity, death, eulogy, faith, friends, good works, grace, IBLP, kindness, logic, online relationships, Religion, True Stories, truth
Posted by Editormum on 1 September 2009 in Uncategorized |
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I am an Executive Administrative Assistant. A lot of people don’t seem to understand what that means, and they make my job (and their own lives) much harder. You see, an Administrative Assistant is a lot more than “a glorified secretary.” (Yes, I’ve had that thrown at me. Not nice.) Traditionally, a secretary’s responsibilities were limited […]
Tags: assistant, career, etiquette, kindness, manners, professional, secretary, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 21 July 2009 in Uncategorized |
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I wrote a few weeks ago about physical pain. Today, I am focused on emotional pain, because I am somewhat amazed and dismayed at the toll that deep disappointment has taken on me. Yesterday, I went to mediation for the car accident that I mentioned in my June 24 post. I can’t really tell much […]
Tags: compassion, disability, disappointment, emotional pain, Family Life, kindness, Philosophy, Religion, therapy
Posted by Editormum on 13 July 2009 in
News Commentary |
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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
Christians Behaving Badly
I have a lot of friends who are wait-staff. They frequently tell me how much they hate working Sunday lunch, because the church crowd are bad tippers. They speak of people who eat a nice meal, pay the bill, and walk out of the restaurant without leaving a tip. Or, worse, they leave only a […]
Tags: character, Christianity, church, customer service, etiquette, food, Jesus, kindness, news, Religion, respect, Work Life