Pennies From Heaven

Some of you reading my blog may not remember the song, “Pennies from Heaven.”  It was first recorded in 1936 by Billie Holiday. It became a very popular song toping the charts for 10 weeks.  The song was then recorded by 15 other artists before being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004. 

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Look Up

Did you know that even the most joyful, God loving people can end up in a pit?  You may ask how can that be?  Well, we live in a fallen world and none of us are able to escape the loss of a loved one.  Many of us may also experience disasters, illness, hate and

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Blessed Beyond Measure

When I was five, I did not attend kindergarten because we did not have it in our school district.  So, when I was six, I started first grade.  There was a girl that sat in front of me in class.   She had a long pony tail and when I didn’t understand what the teacher wanted

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Is Frustration Our Nemesis?

Have you ever found yourself saying, “Why is everything such a hassle?”   Sometimes when I need to accomplish a task, I encounter one issue after another that blocks my success.  Oh, how easy it can be to lose my sense of peace.  We are all going to have those frustrating times, on the computer, trying

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Uniquely Wonderful

I often think back to when I was young and remember some of the things I thought about.  I remember around twelve years old, thinking that my nose was too big for my face.  It’s funny now because my nose now fits my face fine. What I didn’t realize then, was that I still had

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Be Happy and Don’t Worry

Well, if you have been around for a while, you may have heard this song from 1988, Don’t Worry, Be Happy, by Bobby McFerrin.  It’s a catchy little tune that has a lot of wisdom in it.  One verse says: “Cause when you worry your face will frown and that will bring everybody down, so

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Ready Set Go

Let’s just imagine for a moment that you are at a starting line in a race.   You hear READY – SET – GO!  You take off running as fast as you can but, in your mind, you are thinking, “I just have to get through the next few minutes then I’m free to do what

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Let’s Begin Again

Welcome to my new blog.  This blog, Weekly Reflections, will be real, not full of fluff.  I like to write and live where the rubber meets the road, as they say.  There’s no time for anything less.  Life is now, today, this minute, so can we travel this road together whether we know each other

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Weekly Reflections

Weekly reflections will be posted on this page.