Dear New Daddy - On Beginning with the End in Mind,
"For I too was a son to my father, still tender and cherished by my mother..." Solomon, Proverbs 4:3 My son David Paul and his precious...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 30, 20201 min read
Dear Time - Some things never change,
To give birth is to have the most diverse set of emotions that you will ever experience. And the 32 years between these two pictures is...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 25, 20203 min read
Dear 1974 - The Way We Were,
"Can it be that it was all so simple then, Or has time rewritten every line? If we had the chance to do it all again Tell me would we? ...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 24, 20203 min read
Dear Old Beach Cottage - The Fire Still Burns,
I don't know what it is about an early morning fire in the fireplace. The fire as the only glow in the room. The quiet. My coffee warm...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 23, 20203 min read
Dear First Born - The Making of Pure Gold,
You are almost there. The experience of the week when you were born. I, of course, was over due in every sense of the word. We entered...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 22, 20202 min read
Dear Old Friends - Thanks, Kodak,
"Good morning, yesterday, you wake up and time has slipped away, and suddenly it's hard to find, the memories you left behind, Remember,...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Dear Moonlight - A Sonata of my life,
I sat up to a strange light creeping across the bed in a tiny, glowing sliver. What was this and from where did it come? My eye...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 18, 20202 min read
Dear Sick Days - Thank you for the reminder,
This week found me at doctor and dentist offices. Kids had a cold; I have a terrible head cold. In between sickness on Monday and more...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 15, 20202 min read
Dear Moms of school age children, - The joy of playing hooky,
I can still remember the day I decided to get David Paul out of school early to go crabbing. It was one of the few years he spent at a...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 13, 20202 min read
Dear Jordan - River of Memorial,
When David and I began planning our wedding we chose as our wedding bands two rings with a total of twelve stones. We wanted our rings...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 12, 20202 min read
Dear Victor Hugo - Nobody told me,
L E S M I S E R A B L E S. It began with Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed a Dream." I am quite embarrassed to say I had no idea from...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 11, 20202 min read
Dear Open Hearts - Have you considered Opening your Home?
When Dave and I married we dreamed of a full house of children. Dave dreamed that we would "fill the pew" at Church. We had settled on...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 10, 20203 min read
Dear Winter Blues: Look for Other Colors!
(Fair Warning - Long Post) My 9 year old son, Dylan, brought a small bouquet of flowers in to me today. He put them in water in one of...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 9, 20203 min read
Dear Coffee Aficionados: Welcome to 4 O'clock,
When my parents left the expanding resort town of Hilton Head Island in 1985 they chose as their new settlement a beautiful acreage an...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 8, 20203 min read
Dear Readers and Writers: Discover the Story in You,
For as far back as I can remember I have loved to write. I have loved to read. I have read books that made me want to write and I have...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 7, 20203 min read
Dear Orchid Collectors: How Orchid Collecting led to painting,
When my son was 7 years old he rode along with my sister and I one Saturday morning when we decided to hit up some yard sales. We...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 6, 20204 min read
Dear "Much Afraid,": Courage to Spare
Dear "Much Afraid," When Hannah Hurnard wrote her book "Hinds Feet on High Places" she named her fearful little character "Much Afraid." ...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 5, 20203 min read
Dear Travelers: MORE THAN HISTORY
St. Augustine Florida is known as the Nation's Oldest City, but those who know her, know that there is so much more than history. My Dad...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 4, 20202 min read
Dear Aspiring Artists: Discover the Artist in You!
Dear Aspiring Artists, A few months after I had my first art show, with the five or six paintings I had to my name, I began...
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Charlotte Murray
Jan 2, 20202 min read
Dear "Curious Reader:" Why Blog for 31 Days?
The term "Blog" is actually a combination of the two words Web + Log. Originally intended as a discussion or informational dialog by a...
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