Tag: Book of Wonders

• De-Adult Me, Please

  Remake me as an awe-fascinated primitive, de-adult me so as to wonder like a child … [from Edward Hays, A BOOK OF WONDERS, p. 336] The picture above is my great niece, Katie. I snapped the picture at our family Christmas celebration in 2001. Katie is in high school now. I hope she keeps her sense of awe and wonder forever.…

  Marian

  November 4, 2014

  Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  Book of Wonders, childlike delight, de-adult, de-adulting, devotional book, Edward Hays, first snowfall, God’s love, God-given gifts, joy, Katie Korth, life challenges, life changes, listening for God, Megabyte, reflections, snow, snowfall, spirituality, talking with God, wonder

• A 50-cent Thrill

    I learned a new word last week – “mirabilary.” Well, it’s not exactly a new word – just new to me. The dictionary (if you can even find it in your dictionary) says it’s obsolete. The 101-year-old 1913 edition of Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary defined it as, “One who, or a work which, narrates…

  Marian

  April 8, 2014

  Assisted Living, Book Recommendations, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

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