Shakin' The Salt

We all have sorrow, sadness and heartache at times. Even children learn this at a young age. But how do we re-gain our joy, and peace and learn to celebrate each day of life in spite of circumstances?

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We were in a hurry to get our Subway sandwiches and go watch the Saturday football game! But a young homeless woman was sitting on the curb cleaning her nails. She refused our offer of food…at first.

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When I left home as a teenager I never wanted to return. My little hometown was boring and judgmental – so I thought. Now I love going back, visiting with old friends and family and especially my 101 year old Mom!

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In the poem Little Orphan Annie, the author tries to scare kids into being good and doing well! As an adult we don’t scare easily, unless there is Truth about Heaven and Hell. The older we get we must consider what is true. 

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Growing up on the Mississippi River, small hometown of Clarksville, Missouri, life was simple and fun. The beautiful autumn leaves marked the coming Applefest every October and hiking up to the highest point on the Mississippi River.

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I’ve never seen a large quantity of quicksand, but an article I read said you can walk on quicksand if you don’t stop. If you do, your feet start sinking and eventually you are going down until you are totally under! So don’t stop!

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The longest recorded marriage according to Guiness World Records is 86 years. My mom is 101 but Dad passed away at 93 when they had just celebrated 70 years of marriage. What does your future hold?

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We recently had a “mini” family reunion in my home state of Missouri. Besides noting how everyone had changed – or not – the big news is that my Mommy Bootsie is 101 years old. What will you be looking forward to when you are 101?

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Everyone has occasional disagreements with someone. But when it’s your spouse you must learn how to quickly resolve the issue – even if you are total “opposites.” Besides, making up is much more fun!

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Do you have a certain trait or character flaw you wish you could overcome? I do! I have battled it all my life, yet finally realized that even God’s “chosen ones” – his own disciples had theirs too!

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No one that I know would want to go through suffering just to build better character in themselves! Most of us would much rather learn in a gentle and easy way how to be a better person, wouldn’t we?

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Six months ago we began drafting Bud’s book when he was invited back again to be the keynote speaker for a hospital cancer awareness event. I am so proud of him for stepping out of his comfort zone and being the keynote speaker!

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Everyone has asked why I haven’t been on Facebook or done a podcast recently. Or why haven’t I returned texts or phone calls! My answer is I have been having fun living life and co-authoring Bud’s new book!

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All of us are aging – like it or not. Some of us are thriving and enjoying our “Golden Years” while others hate getting older and they let everyone else know it! My mother will be 101 in two weeks!

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We all make friends through our lives, and some of us remain friends 50 years later! It may even be years between visits, but we pick up where we left off reminiscing and then making new memories!

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None of us like being judged, especially if it is an unfair or wrong judgment! But the whole reason for Christ coming was not to condemn us, but to save us! John 3:17. Have a blessed Resurrection Sunday! 

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When you know yourself and your loved one(s) you learn why you are attracted to certain “types” and not so much others. My husband and I have been together 57 years, married for 54, and we’re opposites!

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When you hear of someone going through the same thing you are, it seems you immediately share a “common bond” even if you don’t really know them. So it was with actor James Van Der Beek who shared his bout with cancer.

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A friend recently told me she thought God was mad at her. After a brief discussion she admitted there was nothing to blame it on except for so many horrible things happening in her life! I believe whatever it is, God can use that – and us- to bring good!

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Are you still exhausted from the holidays, and maybe have the flu or at least a bad cold? Maybe you are just “down” for no particular reason. Well, I can relate; and I have a few suggestions I gave myself!

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I got out of my heated pool to answer the phone. Family and friends “back home” were in a horrible snowstorm with flights canceled, their roads closed, and they couldn’t even find a store that was open. 

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My sweet grandmother spent over 60 years attending church alone each week until my “womanizing” grandfather at 83 decided at a funeral, he wanted a “Graduation Celebration” just like this one. But my brother, the Minister, told him he couldn’t because he didn’t know if he was going to Heaven or not!

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If you have had the flu going around like most of us have, you also want this flu to flee I am sure. But it hangs on, it is contagious and it so tiring that chronic fatigue is part of it. Yet, on we go!

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I never dreamed our neighbors would put up scary Halloween decorations at Christmas, mixing them with the nativity and other Christmas decorations. They call it The Nightmare Before Christmas…and boy is it! What would you do?

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When everyone around you seems to have the Joy of the Christmas season, shopping, singing, looking forward to family fun, and you are miserable, what do you do? I have a few suggestions, as I have been there too!

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We know the teenage eye rolling with the words, “Whatever!” Most parents would love to them drop that attitude. But the growl of GRR in front of attitude can be the catalyst for a great attitude bomb!

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Most mothers feel overwhelmed or unappreciated at times. Yet years later, all of us have thought of our moms in love, as we remember certain things our mom did for us when she thought that we weren’t looking.

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When asked this question, many immediately think of a movie star or rock legend or super hero. But most think of a loved one, a favorite coach, teacher or friend. But what does it take to be a real hero?

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I hadn’t seen her in almost fifty years! And now this former student of mine was going to be near me in Florida and wanted to do lunch! I was so excited to see her and hear all about her after 50 years of “life”!

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Ask an alcoholic if alcoholism is real. If you have ever been under the power of demonic forces, you know it is real. Unfortunately, I have. But there is one word demons hate the most, and I traded darkness for Light.

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If you suffer with excruciating pain as I have for 25 years, and it stops – it is a miracle! I would never think of how God healed me – but He did! And maybe you have an unexpected miracle coming too!

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This old Hee Haw song brings a smile if not more to most of us who remember. But those going through a serious depression may not find it funny at all. How do you deal with an ongoing long-term depression?

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The longer we live the more we see that life really isn’t fair in our judgment! Some really good people – as well as really bad ones as we see it, just don’t get due justice! So how do we explain it?

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Have you ever felt completely broken, and unable to “fix” yourself? What if that very brokenness was exactly what you needed in order to surrender, so that you could be completely healed and made brand new?

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Did you ever have one of those weeks where everything was wonderful, celebrating an anniversary, and then you end up in the hospital? Although there was nothing tragic it still puts things in perspective!

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Every month we have a Magnolia Circle Girls Night out. All of us gals from our street on the Lake here bring a favorite dish, and we become slumber party teenagers all over again. Inside, we ARE teens!

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What do you say to a friend who is so depressed she truthfully doesn’t even want to wake up in the mornings? Having also been through depression, I can assure her that she can learn to love life again.

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People ask me why I love teaching, speaking and ministering  in jails. I always say, “But for the grace of God, there go I!” After all, my parents let me spend time in jail in Mexico when I was only 16!

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Why does God heal some people and not others? I have been in pain for 26 years and keep trying everything doctors may advise, but I ultimately keep trusting the Great Physician. So another surgery? Why not!

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My very active friend who has broken both ankles is now physically halted temporarily. Yet, what a Godly example Annie is, perched atop her home hospital bed in front of her big picture window!

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