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May 23, 2017
The Swallow’s Nest: Marina Tate Speaks
This week meet Marina Tate, whose path crosses Lilia’s in a wholly unexpected way. Here’s a peek into a complicated woman with complicated decisions to make and make up for.
My name is Marina Tate.
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May 20, 2017
Sunday Inspiration: Wedding Kindness
Did you see this inspiring story?
A couple who fell in love decided to have their wedding on Sanibel Island — one of my favorite places in the world. They felt so blessed to have found each other that they decided to show their appreciation and gratitude by giving back.
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May 17, 2017
The Swallow’s Nest: Lilia Swallow Speaks
My name is Lilia Swallow, a name I love so well that when I married, I didn’t take my husband’s. I suspect this was just one of the things Graham’s parents, Ellen and Douglas Randolph, disliked about me. I’m not sure where it fell on their very long list of my faults.
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May 13, 2017
Sunday Inspiration: Good Enough
Happy Mother’s Day to all you mom’s out there.
Now let’s get real. Mother’s Day consists of a tsunami of sentimental expressions of how wonderful and fantastic every mother in the universe is, how much we sacrifice for our family, how loving and giving each of us is, and what goddesses we truly are.
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May 10, 2017
The Same or Different? What’s Your Pleasure?
Since I got a Fitbit for my birthday two years ago, I’ve started walking almost every morning.
At first I was elated when I logged 2,000 steps, although I was often tired afterwards. But as my stamina increased, I set my goal for 5,000 steps daily. Slowly I’m working my way up to 10,000, not easy for someone who sits at a computer most of the day.
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May 6, 2017
Sunday Inspiration: The Next Chapter
“You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.” -author unknown
Has this happened to you? Have you been stuck reading and re-reading a certain chapter in your life? I suspect it’s happened to all of us a multitude of times.
As an author, the last thing I want the reader to do is to keep re-reading the chapter they just finished.
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May 2, 2017
Twelve Elements I Look for in a Book
Last week I told you about my experiences with two books I tried to read and couldn’t.Over the next week you weren’t shy chiming in. I loved your comments. Each of you has a different “rule” you read by. Some read to the bitter end. One reader suggested that we subtract our age from the number 100 and that becomes the number of pages we should read before we decide to call it quits.
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April 29, 2017
Sunday Inspiration: Making a difference
I really love to find stories about individuals or groups who are making a difference by coming up with ingenious and effective ideas.
Recently I ran across an article in our local Sarasota paper that renewed my faith in humanity. New Life Village is a community of retired people in Tampa, Florida, who volunteer to be surrogate grandparents and safe mentors for foster care children who are victims of abuse or neglect.
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April 26, 2017
When Do I Stop Reading?
Read Along With Emilie Richards has turned out to be even more fun than I expected.
When I decided it would be fun to create a new Facebook Group for readers who want to share and discuss what they’re reading, I expected we’d start small and grow slowly. To my surprise we’re now well over two-hundred members and growing quickly, despite little publicity.
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April 22, 2017
Sunday Inspiration: You go girls!
“My message to young girls is that you can do much more than you ever can imagine. The only way you can imagine it is to do it. To take the first step. And if you take the first step, you can then take three steps. And then you can take 10.
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