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Mar 30 2017

Come on in!

Cursive writing, good grammar, conversation, hospitality: these lost arts seem to have gone out of vogue in the twenty-first century but remain vital to a healthy society. [Read more…]

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

Mar 23 2017

Annita’s Legacy

My dear friend, Madonna lost her mother over four decades ago and still has few answers about her disappearance. About a year ago, I wrote Bring Annita Home to ask for your prayers and solicit donations to the search effort. Quite a lot transpired over that year, but the piece below gives a very brief update. [Read more…]

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

Mar 16 2017

Grandma Rules

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Chips for breakfast if you please,

Chocolate chips smothered in cheese–

No, pepper will not make me sneeze. [Read more…]

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

Mar 09 2017

Lead with Grace

I saw the featured graphic on Facebook this week, and it had a beautiful little write up about getting too focused on others to our own demise, but then I realized that sometimes we’re the bird. We’re the ones provoking others. [Read more…]

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

Mar 02 2017

This is Us – A Colorful Family

I drank the This Is Us Koolaid, and I’m hooked. Maybe you’re a fan as well.

If not, let me give you a few nuggets to catch you up. Jack and Rebecca Pearson have triplets, but the third baby does not make it. On the same day, a fireman delivers a newborn to the hospital who had been left at the station door. The beautiful couple adopt the little black baby and fill out their Big 3 as they call them and leave the hospital with three little ones. [Read more…]

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

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