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    Category: Stop and Smell the Flowers

    A Parenting Psalm: Wisdom Prayer for My Children

    I remember as a young girl my Daddy pointing out the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Wisdom comes with age, he said. Well, he finished, it ought… Read more “A Parenting Psalm: Wisdom Prayer for My Children”

    April 24, 2019May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Lessons from My Face

    Prompt from Mindfulness: A Journal (Price, 2016) Make a list of ten everyday activities that you find relaxing or soothing–even those as small as calling a friend… Read more “Lessons from My Face”

    March 2, 2018April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Finding Free: The Atlanta Freedom Bands and Coming Full Circle

    When I was in fifth grade at Littleville Elementary School, something magical happened. One day, our teacher announced that the band teacher from the nearby high school… Read more “Finding Free: The Atlanta Freedom Bands and Coming Full Circle”

    November 3, 2014April 16, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Hissing Ball of Fury: Losing Diana

    The cat hated everybody. Everybody, that is, except me. And Sarah, of course–but she had owned Sarah for seventeen years, so that was to be expected. I… Read more “Hissing Ball of Fury: Losing Diana”

    September 24, 2014May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Music and Me, Part 1

    The blessing and curse of being an academic is that whenever I come across any really interesting “thing”–whether it is an experience, a news story, situation, work of… Read more “Music and Me, Part 1”

    January 18, 2014May 3, 2019 by Ugena Whitlock

    Save the Worms

    Coastal areas with their sea turtle preserves have nothing on red clay states like Georgia and Alabama. Yesterday morning I was walking Duncan. The sky was just… Read more “Save the Worms”

    January 23, 2012November 21, 2018 by Ugena Whitlock
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