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My Christmas Cup Runneth Over
I’ve lived through 57 Christmases, some of them memorable, some not so memorable, even though I have tried to honor God during most of them by celebrating the birthday of His Son, which is what it is supposed to be about anyway. But the real meaning of Christmas and the Nativity aside, this Christmas has…
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Why Grandparents Seem Crazy
Grandparents sometimes get a bad rap. Parents complain about the grands spoiling their babies, giving them too many things, feeding them the wrong things, indulging their whims, and showing up too often to visit. Maybe we grandparents are guilty of all of the above, but there is a really good reason. You see, we know…
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Time to hit the reset button. . .
2015 fades into 2016. If you believed what television tells you, everyone celebrates with parties, noisemakers, champagne, and midnight kisses. I daresay most people do what I did–say goodnight and go to bed, trusting that the new year will arrive whether I “usher it in” or not. After all, it has managed to do so…
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She’s here!
My new granddaughter is finally here! I won’t bore you with the details of my daughter’s lengthy labor and delivery, but I will say we were all exhausted by the time Evelyn Rose arrived! It was all worth it, Don’t you agree? Watching my baby girl give birth to her own baby girl was an…
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Letter to my Granddaughter
My daughter is having a daughter, and it seems like it hasn’t been any time since I first learned she was expecting! Of course, it doesn’t to her. She is in her last trimester and the baby can’t make its debut fast enough. I can’t wait to meet her. She is our second grandchild and…
April Coker, Author 