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A place of kindness, respect and love

I saw a sculpture of Ruby Bridges, the six-year-old who was the first Black to integrate an elementary school in the South, at the Dallas Arboretum. The bronze sculpture is part of the Great Contributors Collection now being displayed at the arboretum, and the collection includes eight new works by Gary Lee Price. On his […]

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The heart’s a deep well

Squander it all! Hold nothing back. The heart’s a deep well. And when it’s empty, It will fill again. These are words from How Beautiful the Beloved by Gregory Orr.  One of the best kinds of friends are friends who give you a book—a book you never would have read if it wasn’t a gift. […]

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Love is all around

I helped with a Girl Scout day-of-service on March 4, 2023. Before the Girl Scouts left to help senior citizens, pick up trash in a park and help people in a number of other ways, I listened as almost 70 girls repeated this litany. Love is all around us. Good is all around us. We […]

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Wishing you a little chocolate and a lot of love on Valentine’s Day! As Charles Schulz once said, “All you need is love—but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”

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Share your love

Here’s a good holiday message! It came on a card from one of our Jewish friends. Help a stranger Praise a child Light a candle Share your love Sing for joy Lend a hand Pray for peace Understand! –Joy

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Leftover peace, love and hope

We went to church, unwrapped the presents and ate too much. Now we have a few leftovers in the kitchen—some pecan pie, cranberry dressing and fudge. And, we still have lots of Christmas cheer. We hope our Christmas peace, love and hope lingers throughout the new year. We wish you, too, a new year filled […]

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Peace and love

“This is what my soul is telling me,” Malala Yousafzai once said. “Be peaceful and love everyone.”

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Great love

To me, the meaning of the season is peace—and love. Mother Teresa said: “Not all of us can do great things. But, we can do small things with great love.” I’m going to make an effort to do small things with great love during this holiday season. –Joy

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Love is a good thing

Many years ago, John Steinbeck wrote a letter to his 14-year-old son, who had fallen in love, reported The Dallas Morning News on October 6, 2022. Now, that letter will be auctioned. It is a lovely letter because the famous writer took his son’s feelings seriously. Steinbeck wrote: “If you are in love—that is a […]

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So-called Christians

This is the letter to the editor that I submitted to The Dallas Morning News. It was printed on Wednesday, September 9, 2022, with only a few minor changes: The headline on an article on the front page of the September 2, 2022, issue of your newspaper declared: “Christians sue over HIV drugs.” I am […]

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