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Deana Landers
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Deana Landers
MorningCoffeeBeans.com
My mom had dark auburn red hair and beautiful green eyes. She had 13 children, but only 11 of us lived. We lived on a farm in Juliette, Georgia. She cooked our meals, made our clothes, taught us how to care for ourselves, and loved us.
One day I was sitting alone outside digging holes in the Georgia red clay beside our house. The ...
Read MoreSometimes we are so busy rushing from one activity to another that the days slip by way too fast.
If it isn’t a physical activity, it can be our minds constantly trying to figure things out.
Maybe it’s just me, but if my mind grew muscles with all the thinking and figuring I sometimes do, I wouldn’t be able to car...
Read MoreWhen you come to a stop sign or red light, you stop and look both ways. Likewise, at a yield sign, you pause and look both ways. It keeps us safe.
The same thing happens when we take care of ourselves. We must know when to stop, pause, and take a break.
After spending two weeks with my husband in the hospital this year, I n...
Read MoreA few months ago, I read a quote that said, “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” It made me stop and think.
Recently I bought a yellow rose bush. I am working on creating a small rose garden in front of our house since we removed all the Juniper bushes.
The yellow rose bush reminds me of when m...
Read MoreThings can change quickly. Palm Sunday starts with people laying palm branches, a symbol of victory, triumph, and peace, for Jesus as he rode a donkey into Jerusalem.
It was an exciting day. Jewish people from all over the world came to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. They were crying, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the ...
Read MoreMy sister Juanell is my hero; I called her Nell. Her name was never in the newspaper, and she was never on television. She didn’t finish school because she was a wife and mother by age 16. When she was 26, her husband walked out on her after giving birth to their seventh child. Frances was born with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome(LGS), a rare and...
Read MoreWhen our children were teenagers, one of the things they hated most was when I used coupons to buy groceries or when I would count out change from my purse instead of handing over dollar bills or a credit card.
Little things embarrassed them, like when I cut a newspaper coupon for a chicken bucket. I stopped at the intercom of the fast-fo...
Read MoreSince the pandemic began, I've seen and felt all sorts of emotions, from confusion, fear, anger, and panic to love, laughter, and peace.
Like all disasters in our life, there is always confusion, "Is this happening? Is what they are saying true?" And then the fear begins to creep into our hearts and minds; "What should we do?"
Th...
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