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But What About Me??

by Gina Parris

Well, Fall break is upon us. What a glorious time to go on a family vacation…and if you are less organized, than it is a good time to lament the fact that you didn’t plan one. Such was the case yesterday. Our next door neighbors departed for a week at Disneyworld. This realization brought my […]

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The Happy Bucks

by Gina Parris

A few weeks ago, I was the guest at the Local Kiwanis club. A portion of their meeting consisted of the most delightful thing: They call it their “Happy Bucks,” and it’s a time when members get to stand and give a few dollars in honor of something that made them happy that week. What […]

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One day an acquaintance suggested some videos on this revolutionary “energy therapy” called Emotional Freedom Technique, which was refined by a Stanford trained engineer named Gary Craig. She told me that she was able to get through our grueling workouts due to this technique, and it helped her with all kinds of performance issues as […]

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You’re Busted!

by Gina Parris

Yesterday was a perfect Saturday morning…I got to sleep in ’till 8, while Paul went to the gym. When I got up, the twins were ecstatic to greet me…they had already been tearin’ it up for an hour! They were pretending to be cops- wearing superhero jammies and bearing light sabers. “Mama, Mama! We’ve turned […]

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Bobby, Come Home!

by Gina Parris

This is a story that is told by gospel singer, Candy Hemphill Christmas. It is about a childhood friend of hers named Bobby: Over the years Bobby had become rebellious and angry at God and his parents and his church. His life became consumed with drug abuse as he grew into a greater and greater […]

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