Tag: joy
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy
Joy is spending time over the holidays with my family, skiing through the beautiful snow-covered pines. I showed you some evening scenes from these trails in my last post. As you can see, the trails are just as beautiful during daylight. We are fortunate to live in a place with so many natural escapes that…
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Paying Joy Forward
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” ~ E.B. White These words echoed…
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The Lonesome Leash
Will you indulge me in just one more post about Kruger, the dear family member we lost this week? A few months after we welcomed Kruger to our household last year, I began following the journey of another senior fellow by the name of Will. Just a year ago, Will joined Tom Ryan and his…
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Be Grateful for the Day
“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.” ~ Bill Watterson As we anticipate Thanksgiving Day tomorrow in the U.S., let us first be grateful for today. And as we enjoy Thanksgiving Day, let us not have thoughts of superficial Black Friday…
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Memories of the Lovable but Dimwitted Duo
Duffy was a mutt who appeared to be the product of a child’s imagination gone wild — dog parts selected from multiple breeds and merged together in a one-of-a-kind way. A classic humane society rescue dog. He had been neglected at his first home, although not abused, as he was always was a trusting soul. He came…
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