A Love Like This

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My name is Cari and I have a confession to make.

I am a junk food junkie.

I am openly admitting my love of all things deep fried and refined. Twinkies, pizza rolls, potato chips and Coke, bagels bites and Toaster Strudels, McDoubles bought in cash so I don’t leave a paper trail for my husband’s disapproving eyes; I am a full out naughty eater. As I grow up and my body gently reminds me that I’m not in college any more and maybe it wouldn’t hurt to eat a

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Confessions of a Peace Lover...

I followed some of my own advice recently – and it worked out well. The advice: “On round birthdays get outta town!” This year was one of those birthdays and on the eve of the big day Brian and I headed south. I can handle traumatic events much better when I’m warm!

Ok ok, so it wasn’t SO traumatic; in fact it was much easier to handle this round number than the one that happened a decade ago. Forty was hard for me; thirty was a breeze and fifty is

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Be Prepared

A few years ago, I was wrapping up my kitchen cleanup late one evening,  I realized a large truck rumbled outside our house. When I stopped and thought about it, I realized that the rumbling had been going on in the background for  awhile. I guess I’m used to city noise, but this was rattling our windows. As I walked to the window to peer out the blinds I wondered why a large truck would be sitting in the street at 10 p.m. I pulled back the blinds and saw

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Life is More

There comes a time each week during the Monday night small group gathering at my church where we take time to inquire as to how we can pray for each other in the upcoming week. Recently at the conclusion of our gathering ; someone made a comment, almost in passing; she said, “It’s always something isn’t it.” We all smiled and chuckled quietly in agreement before folding our hands in prayer and then dispersing quietly into the night, back to our everyday lives.

Since that evening, I’ve had many conversations

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