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    Problems? Try Pardon and Peace!

    August 30, 2019

    “Listen to his breathing! He’s wheezing! I just know he’s punctured a lung or something! He never sounds like that!”

    “If Mom would just calm down, I believe her son would also stop crying and start breathing normally.”

    Oh. I guess I was being a bit hysterical.

    But who cou...

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    The Royal Cure

    June 1, 2019

    “So, are you having any difficulties or problems we can address?”

    My more-than-kind obstetrician was wrapping up what I hoped would be my last prenatal visit with my soon-to-be-delivered third child. After giving a short list of the usual late-term pregnancy issues, I s...

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    Regrets and Promises

    July 14, 2018

    “I’m sorry but the damage is too much. I’ll have to replace many of the boards in the front. But the termites are too many. We’ll have to tent the house.

    I regretted not having done yearly checks after a few termites had been discovered several years back. He regretted...

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    Worth Saving

    March 9, 2018

    “So where is the end piece to the valance?” During construction the workers had taken down the blinds for our sliding door and put everything in the garage. Weeks later it was time to reinstall them, and one part was missing. Unfortunately sometime during those weeks,...

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