Copyright 2/10/2020

Chapter 1

I’ve always loved butterflies. There’s something magical about how they hatch, how the change from squishy caterpillars to the jewel-toned beauties happens, how they choose the tiniest weed flowers and most outlandishly colored bougainvillea to visit, and how they can dance and flutter at will.

Now that I have my new body and live in this magnificent paradise called heaven, I’m glad to know there are still butterflies to delight me, but here they live in…..

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Chapter 1

I’ve always loved butterflies. There’s something magical about how they hatch, how they change from squishy caterpillars to the jeweltoned beauties they are, how they choose the tiniest weed flowers and most outlandishly colored bouganvillas to visit, and how they can dance and flutter at will.

Now that I have my new body and live in this magnificent paradise called heaven,…..

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Since my sister’s visit last month, I have begun a new project. Ellen has studied our family history and has traced our family back to 1042 on our father’s side, and 1729 on our mother’s side.  Before  the particulars of our mom’s life are lost to history, like so many of the names and birth-death dates and snippets of their life stories fade, and now that the grieving period for mom has passed into a dull ache, I’m remembering our…..

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Political animosity reminds me of this Proverb from chapter 11: “If you search for good, you will find favor; but if you search for evil, it will find you! Trouble chases sinners, while blessings chase the righteous.” Let us agree, this day, to search for the good in others, be thankful for our blessings as a nation, and seek to see the glass half full rather than half empty. Pray for enemies but encourage those who deserve tolerance, friendship, and…..

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Wonderful family get together last night with the MacLean and Whitaker families at the Jacksons’ house. We celebrated my sister and brother-in-love’s visit, and distributed spreadsheets of our family’s (Whitaker) genealogy that Ellen has worked so hard to assemble. Now the grandchildren can qualify for DAR scholarships in the future, and we can think about twenty-six generations, many of whom shared the faith. Someday we’ll meet for a great family reunion in heaven and meet the prince who died in…..

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