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My husband, Peter, and I have matching folding chairs.

Fans of baseball know most of the rules of the game, at least enough to enjoy watching one of America’s most popular sports. One of them is a common rule that regularly comes into play. The foul line.

Each week I spend a portion of my days writing and preparing messages. I pray and seek the Lord’s voice as I strain my spiritual ear to hear the direction he is leading me.

I travel the same roads to reach my childhood home and yet each trip is a new reminder of the value of familiarity.

Dating back to January of 1973, when the Roe vs. Wade decision paved the way to decriminalize abortion in the United States, over 60 million infants have died at the hands of doctors.

When it comes to being cool and having your act together, here’s what years have taught me. The Fonz has nothing on George Strait. Heck, this troubadour is the King of Cool.

On a country ride in the 1960s, my father and I happened upon a rattlesnake crossing the road in what was absolutely the Middle of Nowhere.

Watching a tape of anything on fast-forward can be painful for the eyes, especially if one is actually trying to make sense of the footage, the movie or ball game. The same effect is taking place in the American world these days.

Like a mailman with a PhD, there are odd fits in the job market. When the economy tanked in 2009 and 2010, I was working a night job in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

When I say I love original art, I mean I love a little paint smeared on a canvas--nothing of particular value, mind you, but the idea of an idea…the representation of something worth remembering.