Tag: love
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Big Fish in the Front Yard | Short Story
It was a beautiful spring day at Grandma and Grandad’s house, but in the afternoon the sky over their little farm turned black. The wind and rain, that started just after supper, kept pounding the roof until after bedtime. A bright flash of lightning, followed quickly by a loud boom shook me out of bed.…
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Climbing Life’s Ladders: A Personal Testimony
It was a peculiar sight, walking into the local post office this week. Two step ladders stood out on the grass—all by themselves, several feet from anything. I noticed someone left their jacket hanging on one of them. Sure enough, two guys were on the roof of the post office. But how did they get…
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God’s Love: A Comfort in Our Struggles
A small Bluetooth speaker sits on the back of the paper shredder in my school’s main office. One of our secretaries enjoys streaming country and western music through it, while she works nearby. The other day, when I came to destroy some confidential documents, it struck me how shredding paper to the tune of a…
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The Power of Love
The sobbing student had to be carried into my office, refusing to come in under their own power. This is a sure sign of a serious problem for a principal. Normally, there are two types of criers: sad or mad. And this one seemed furious. The five-year-old stood across from my desk with clenched fists.…
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Squeaky to the Rescue!
A conference I attended for educational administrators last year fell on Leap Day–February 29. In celebration, every table came decorated with a dozen or so little toy frogs. I picked one up and realized it was squishable. When I gave him a quick squeeze, my new little friend said, “squeak, squeak.” Very cool! After the…
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Above and Beyond
Every Friday night, before we sing on Saturday, I text the nursing home activities director,“Are we still good for tomorrow?” She usually answers with a thumb’s up emoji, but one week she sent the message,“Please lead the residents in patriotic music, around the flagpole out front, for Armed Forces Day.” My wife and I eagerly…
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