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Endless Love: 62 years after the promise

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On, February 3rd, 2011 Donna Louise (Grenny) Strobel and I, John W. Strobel III, celebrate sixty two years of marriage. If you take into account the fact that we met on February 3, 1948 in Study Hall at Ventura High School, we have known each other sixty three years and been married sixty two. We [...]

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The Great Mystery…

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Have you ever found yourself in love with someone who does not love you? This is a painful place to ponder, for no matter how many people surround you in your life, on this wounded wayfare you are forced to wander alone. Rejection. Loss. Hurt. Pain. And these rips and tears in the private papers [...]

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The Rings – A Love Story

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We were between pregnancies which in our early married life was infrequent. We invited some friends over on a Sunday afternoon for a round of Canasta. Canasta is a card game that was very popular in the early 50′s. We asked our friends Kenny and Bunny Gressett for Canasta and ice cream and cake. It [...]

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From A Distance

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A campfire under a night sky blazing with stars. It is at once an opportunity to find your littleness and your bigness in the universe and to contemplate the significance of you – from a distance.

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Insecure Man And Unfaithful Wife Syndrome Or IMUWS

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Sachi’s sunny smile was a thing to be enjoyed. His dark and freckled face with gaping teeth became alive when he flashed his radiant smile. He was a peon in our office. Very often, when he was free, he used to come to me. I always offered a seat to him and exchanged pleasantries with [...]

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We are a giant Web, truly a Social Network…so, why do we so often forget that?

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About a decade ago my mother and stepfather, because of a series of unfortunate investments and dismal financial missteps, found themselves living in their motor home in a shopping mall parking lot. Different people approach the world and its circumstances in different ways. For my stepfather, well, it was a grand adventure. My parents were [...]

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A Bowl of Hair Dye and An Intimation Of Immortality

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Yesterday my wife, with a bowl of hair dye in her hand, approached and requested me to dye her hair. I said, “you know, I don’t like dying hairs myself, so I have let them be as they are. If yours are getting white you also let them be that way. Moreover, I am 55 [...]

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Different than all the rest

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It was late. We talked about all the adventures she had lived, experiences I could only imagine. Then, I asked her about the book I had found, the book that was different than all the rest. iPhones use the download link to listen Music Credit: Admiral Bob at ccMixter Photo Credit: Cool Valley, Flickr Please [...]

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How To Be Compassionate: Use Your Imagination

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I wish I knew What it’s like to be A splinter, a bee. A song, a sea. A tree, a shoe. A bird that’s new. I wish I knew What it’s like to be you. – By my daughter Tamar, at age 7   When I was a child, I experienced an awakening moment. My [...]

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Love, Defiantly Guarded

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I don’t consider defiance a great character trait. In fact, I’d probably remove it from the list of my character traits, given the chance. Not that I think that’s wise, but because I’m embarrassed this trait is part of my personality. Let me tell you a story. As a woman who has had to relate [...]

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