Posts Tagged ‘courage’
Ready to Begin Again
by Mary Smith I sat at my kitchen table, my cup of tea cooling beside me, and stared out the window at the garden Charles and I had worked on together for years. The chrysanthemums were still holding on, a last bit of color before the frost came. But even they seemed to know their…
Read MoreThe Woman With the Red Purse and How My Life Changed
by Susan Miller It was a visual picture that will be forever imprinted in my mind. She was an attractive, petite woman in her mid-forties, with shoulder-length black hair, white blouse, and a dark colored pencil-thin skirt. My eyes were drawn to her large red purse as she walked down the long corridor. It seemed…
Read MoreA toothache, a root canal, and a dental visit I’ll never forget
(This month we bring back one of Susan’s most popular blogs. Definitely worth repeating!) It isn’t actually the tooth that hurts, it’s the gum above the tooth, I told myself. I put up with the discomfort for a week, but when a week came and went, my better judgment said go to the dentist. I called…
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