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Joy Filled Holiday Season
By
Linda G. Howard
My favorite holiday, even as a child and young person, was Thanksgiving. It is a time for sharing love with family and friends. There are no gifts. However, to quote a good friend, “It’s all about the food.” Nevertheless, as I grow older and the years of my widowhood increase, I’m often reminded that many…
Holidays and grief
By
Linda G. Howard
Today, I heard again the Christmas song about the little boy whose mother is dying on Christmas eve and he wants to buy her shoes to wear as she goes into heaven. He doesn’t have enough money to buy the shoes and a person in line gives him the money he needs. It’s never been…
Can You Come?
By
Linda G. Howard
Maddie is one of those people within the mentally challenged community whom everyone loves. She is friendly and happy. Maddie makes everyone feel as though they are her “extra-special friend.” Several years ago Mattie and her husband moved from our city to a small town out of the state. Because I assumed that I’d never see…
Familiar customs and limited means
By
Linda G. Howard
When the Biblical young woman, Ruth, married into a Jewish family she understood little about their ways, God or religion. This is my supposition; but I base the conjecture on facts. Moabites were shunned by the Israelis. Decades before, Moab wronged the wandering tribes who desired to travel through their land. This set up a national rivalry. Israel…
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