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May 26 2016

I’m a little teacup…

teacup 1A precious lady from our church blessed the ladies of our fellowship with a special gift. For years, sweet Janice has collected teacups, and she decided to give them all away to her friends at church. Each of us filed by a table covered in lovely gift bags with our fragile treasures protected in dainty tissue paper with a lovely note to tell the story about the life of a teacup. The story itself was a treasure, so I’ll do my best to retell it here… [Read more…]

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Written by Ruth Ann Frederick · Categorized: Spiritual Life, Wisdom for Life

May 19 2016

Dad’s Little Things

Dad NO“The longer I live, the more I realize that the little things ARE the big things.” My husband can look a bit scary, and I guess that came in handy when we had four teenagers at once, but in real life, he’s quite the teddy bear [Read more…]

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Written by Ruth Ann Frederick · Categorized: Family Nostalgia, Wisdom for Life

May 12 2016

Flirt Challenged

Flirt 1My husband tosses me softballs every day—okay, not literal softballs but the easy playful banter with obvious flirty responses I could hit back to him. If only I were that savvy! He tells me I’m really bad at flirting. Now THAT, I can respond to! I tell him he should be thankful I’m so bad at it. At least he can rest easy that I’m not flirting with anyone else if I’m so awkward flirting with him. [Read more…]

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Written by Ruth Ann Frederick · Categorized: Wisdom for Life

May 05 2016

Sadness Has a Purpose

SadnessMy two-year-old grandson and I “watched” Inside Out recently. More to the point, I watched as he ran around looking for things to get into, but I found myself intrigued by the psychology. This movie really is a graphic dissertation on human emotional development. The main point? Emotions grow more complex as we age. That complexity means all the emotions necessarily function simultaneously and bump into one another, often contradicting. [Read more…]

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Written by Ruth Ann Frederick · Categorized: Wisdom for Life

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