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~ untethered ~ I slurp when I drink hot coffee or tea but you already knew that, didn’t you? You were just too kind to mention it to me. That’s one of the things I, already, miss most. Your kindness. Oh, don’t get me wrong; you could be meaner than a two-headed snake when provoked but, ninety-nine percent of time,…
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TAZEWELL, Va. — Forrest David Bricker, age 66, of The Cove in Tazewell, Va., died Saturday, November 5, 2011 at his home on Thistle Cove Farm. Born May 7, 1945 at Ravenna Arsenal, Ohio, he was a son of the late Forrest Davis Bricker and Mary Crockett Bowen Bricker. He was a graduate of Beaver High School and graduated with…
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Dave passed away earlier today; more information to follow as I’m able. Your prayers and good thoughts are welcome. Sandra
~ God knows you by name ~ God is speaking, directly, to you and calling you by name; copy and print this love letter from God and write your name in the ____ spaces. I, the Lord, have searched you, ______, and know you. I know when you sit and when you rise; I know your thoughts before you even…
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~ watch yer own dang kids ~ Dave and I are struggling along at a condo in Satellite Beach, FL owned by Vicki of 2-Bags Full. It’s a tough life but someone has to do it and, dang nab it, we stepped right up to the plate. Vicki and her Gardner love to travel and a lot of their traveling…
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~ Myrtle Beach helicopter ~ Wouldn’t you agree, some fears are easier to face than others? For example, I am terrified of heights yet it was I who encouraged Dave and S-2, as Dave calls her, to take a helicopter ride over Myrtle Beach. Dave calls her S-2 and me S-1 to let us know to whom he’s speaking, otherwise,…
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~ Shell Island, SC ~ “It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” ~ Lamentations 3:22-23 ~ “Faithfulness lives where love is stronger than instinct.” ~ Paul Carvel, Belgian writer ~ “Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel….
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~the moon pours light on the sea ~ “October is a symphony of permanence and change.” ~ B. W. Overstreet ~ Even the rainy days are golden when looked at with a certain light in one’s eyes. Recently, I read, “today is tomorrow’s yesterday” and that gave me pause. In a manner of speaking, our future is now, caught between…
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~ Dave and Sandra Karen, not Sandra Kay ~ Lately, I’ve been remiss about blogging in a timely fashion. Sorrreeee. Life has just gotten its teeth in me and I feel as shaken as a stuffed animal after Sam P. Spade has finished chewing on it. Maybe that cold had something to do with it. Or, perhaps the upper respiratory…
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~ Surfside Beach, sunrise ~ When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But…
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“I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy…
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