Tag: love
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Would You Have Listened?
My dad became infinitely strong in my eyes, when he became most vulnerable through confession to me. “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” 1 Corinthians 13:11 ESV I choose laughter. I…
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Time Travels
“I went to bed a young man and woke up an old man.” William Danny Mullins, Jr. I’ll never forget those words spoken by my father in the latter years of his life. It was in that moment of vulnerability and transparency from my dad that I moved from son to fellow brother in Christ…
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The Haves & Haves
Earlier this Summer ‘24 our family did what has become an annual tradition and went to the beach. We ‘glamp’ as a resort that is nothing short of 5-star spectacular. It is a negotiated truce between a dad that loves to camp in the mountains and a mom who loves the beach. It is wonderful.…
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What Was Your Momma’s Maiden Name?
“Baby, this is East TN. That ain’t no big deal.” Those words will forever, affectionately resonate in my memory on this second, equally special anniversary date when Megan chose me a second time. Megan and I were married in Jamaica on June 9, 2006. Unbeknownst to us, the U.S. had stopped recognizing marriages performed in…
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Who let the dog in?
Several years ago, I was talking with my dad about a new car that Megan and I were looking at and that she liked it in white and I liked it in black. To which my dad quickly and simply said, “enjoy your new white car.” “You ask and do not receive, because you ask…
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A Fruitful Life
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 ESV Yesterday as I picked blackberries for the first time this…
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A Present Father
Happy first Father’s Day in Heaven dad. I had you for Father’s Day on earth for 59 years and I love knowing that this day and every day you are in the presence of the Father of us all, God the Father. “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he…
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Just Get In
You’re special in the eyes of the Creator of all things. “I walked into a hotel and after going through the menu, I ordered some food. After about 20 mins a group of guys and ladies walked in & ordered theirs. To my dismay, these folks got served first. I watched as they began to…
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Gold Shoes
“but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 ESV Happy 91st Birthday dad. Your first in Heaven. I see you wearing your shoes of gold and running through fields…
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