Friday, July 25th, 2008
Merry Moments - July 25, 2008
My husband and I both teach English, so we both teach persuasive writing. Invariably, some student will insist on writing against same sex marriages, and more often than not, one reason they give for being against this type of union is that if we allow it, it will open the door for all sorts of [...]
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Merry Moments - June 27, 2008
When we were first married, my husband Jim and I were out one Saturday running errands. We wanted to get everything done at once so we wouldn’t have to come back out again. We went from place to place and realized that it had gotten late, and we hadn’t had lunch. And we were starving! [...]
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Merry Moments - June 18, 2008
Several years ago, when I was heavy duty into community service projects, I volunteered to allow members of my civic organization to drop off aluminum cans at my house to be stored on my back porch and later transferred to a recycling center where we could collect money for them to be used to benefit [...]
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Merry Moments - June 15, 2008
Today is Father’s Day, and so I can’t help but think of my father, who has been deceased for almost nine years. When I think of my father, I most remember his sense of humor and how he loved practical jokes. His jokes weren’t always funny to everyone he imposed them on, but that never [...]
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Merry Moments - June 11, 2008
When my sons were little, David, who was three years older than Michael, took on a lot of responsibility for his little brother. Whenever Michael would get in a little trouble, David would take care of him, but when the trouble was something David didn’t know how to handle, he’d say to Michael, “Go to [...]
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