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Month: November 2005

on hot tea, movies, and friendships

on hot tea, movies, and friendships

I went home early yesterday because I felt awful. Mostly a headache, but I was also quite nauseated. I felt really bad because I had an important rush ad that I had to finish. But we were in a meeting all morning, and then I decided to finish the ad and leave. I was working hard and all of the sudden… my computer crashed. (And who says Macs don’t crash…) So I lost most of what I had done, and…

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on decorating for Christmas…

on decorating for Christmas…

“Daddy, can we help?”“Kids, why don’t you help me with the ornaments while Daddy puts on the lights?”“Mommy, AJ moved my ornaments to the back of the tree!” “AJ, don’t move the ornaments.”“Be very careful with that ornament, Amy – it belonged to Great-Grandma Penn.”“Mommy, let’s hang the bells on the bottom branch so the kitty can play with it!”“Kids, stop playing with the tinsel. It goes on the tree!”“Here Ashley, hang up your ‘Baby’s First Christmas’ ornament.” Do you…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Give thanks, with a grateful heartGive thanks, to the Holy OneGive thanks, because He’s given Jesus Christ, His Son And now let the weak say “I am strong”Let the poor say “I am rich”Because of what the Lord has done for usGive thanks. Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Tha pastor said something interesting last Sunday. He said,…

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almost Thanksgiving

almost Thanksgiving

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is almost here! It will be the first time in 6 years that I haven’t gone elsewhere for Thanksgiving. I am going over to the house of an old friend who now lives in Houston, but has returned to Atlanta to spend Thanksgiving with her family. I’m excited to see her again! Ten years ago (when we were in 7th grade), Mrs. Kirschner and my mom got together and decided that since their two daughters were…

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Taylor alum

Taylor alum

Last night I went to my first Taylor alumni dinner. Wow, I definitely don’t feel old enough to be an alum of a university. I was definitely the youngest person there, but it was fun to reconnect with Taylor people who live in Atlanta. Of course, I was 45 minutes late to the dinner because it took me an hour and 15 minutes to get to a place 7 miles from my apartment. Welcome to Atlanta at rush hour. (Did…

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