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Wise Words Of Wisdom

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I don't really have any thoughts this fine Monday afternoon. I just have the echo of the wise words of encouragement and advice of Katherine Stewart, a soul beloved to so many. Her beliefs, her philosophy, and her mantra were always summed up in two simple words; "Always Care". That philosophy was more than just a motto; the philosophy in those words were the road map with which she navigated her own life, and the inspiration she instilled in the minds and hearts of the countless people she inspired over the years. "Always Care" was just the way Katherine Stewart, or Katie Bug The Lady Bug, as she was so lovingly known to so many, rolled. And I can tell all of you personally, that the "Always Care" philosophy of life is still relevant and very powerful. I can tell you how many times her words helped me, God Bless You Always and Forever, Mrs. Katherine Stewart. Thank you for all the lives you molded, and the lives, like me, that those lives continue to ...

Devotional Dad For Life And Beyond

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My dad had been a Boy Scout for over 50 years. He devoted most of his life to the Boy Scouts Of America and he even had a Boy Scout museum for several years. When he was in the process of the end of his life from cancer that spread to his lungs and liver at age 88, I asked him if he would try to communicate with me somehow  and some time after he passed on and he told me he would try. My dad was also a coin collector a lot of his life. He is the reason I got into coin collecting. I go all over in the area I live in and purchase bags and boxes of old coins to go through and pick out the old coins. He has been gone for going on 5 years now. Last week I was going through a bag of coins and found this penny with a Boy Scout symbol that is punched on this penny the same one that is on his tombstone. I’m thinking to myself what are the odds that I find this rare penny. I said out loud thank you for being a wonderful devotional dad even after leaving this earth! When I was 12 my face was ...