Category Archives: Family

Traffic Jam

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Family controversy, car trouble, traffic aggravations, chronic illness, holiday disappointments, budget challenges, arguments, etc. are just parts of life when spread out with some intervening respite between. Continue reading →

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Parting Words

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Doc Arnett

When I stood beside his hospital bed in the pre-dawn hours of that March morning, I fully expected that to be my last time with him. Continue reading →

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Resolution

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Doc Arnett

In this changing of seasons,
this new crispness of morning air,
there is an invitation of lingering longer
in the warmth of my wife and bed. Continue reading →

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Swapping Places

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Even from the midst of our messes, God heals and blesses. Though he may not spare us from the consequences of our choices, he still supplies grace and mercy. Continue reading →

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The Orphan Goes Berry Pickin’

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Somehow, I have stepped into another place, another time. A place and time that have always been and yet have never been before. Continue reading →

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Anniversary

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Doc Arnett

We have wept and laughed, felt ourselves torn in half by heartache and sometimes caused the same to others. We have made the bed in the quick rush of mornings and sipped warm glasses of red wine in the slow twilight. Continue reading →

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Slow Conversation

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Doc Arnett

We sat there for over an hour, talking in the warmth and darkness. The air, a bit heavy and humid, lay against us like a blanket almost too thin to kick off on an almost cool night. Continue reading →

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Smiling with God

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Doc Arnett

There is little more deeply pleasing, more refreshing, more satisfying than witnessing those you love taking delight in one another’s presence. Continue reading →

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