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Dec. 16: Music City Christmas featuring Jason Coleman and Meagan Taylor at the Jamie Foxx Performing Arts Center in Terrell. Call 972 563-5703 for more information.
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Nope, it ain’t what you think it is. Far from it. The oldest profession most definitely is ‘storyteller’. Why am I so sure of this, you might ask? Simple logic.
Read moreWreaths Across America and the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum marked the 80 th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and entry of the United States into World War II.
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It was the ‘Goat Lady’ - my good friend and nosy neighbor had to come check out my date, to determine if she was good enough for me. The Goat Lady was not quite old enough to be my mother but would have qualified as a youngish aunt. We had become acquainted after I asked if I could feed her goats from time to time, because my ex had taken my dog with her to Arizona, and I needed something to pet.
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Welcome to retirement. You have now become one of the thousands in our country that is having to leave the workforce. Regulations, age, or health issues have taken their toll. But you simply aren’t ready to give up the job that has been a crucial part of your life. You are competent in your profession, and you are confident that you still have a lot to give. You love what you do, and you feel it isn’t fair to have to walk away and let someone else take over. In your eyes, a someone who is less qualified, with an enormous amount to learn before being able to even carry your boots to work. But, you are having to put on those boots for the last time and simply walk away.
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I remember with great nostalgia when the only things we were told to be worried about was ring around the collar and an itchy, flaky scalp. These were dreadful outcomes of our misspent lives, and we had to do everything we could to prevent them.
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An old man wakened to the grandfather clock in the hall chiming the hour. But when he heard 11-12-13-14 chimes, he quickly rolled over to shake his sleeping wife.
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