Carl Lance

You Deserve It!

I see that message all over the television and internet. Everyone is telling a willing audience that they deserve “the good life,” or a new car, a vacation and McDonalds says, “you deserve a break today.” I understand those are advertisements designed to stroke our ego and speak to our self-centered mind-set, but it has […]

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Spending Time Together

We retired and moved back to Texas, in part, so we could spend more time with our favorite (only) grandchildren. We’ve made some great memories and have gotten to know them much better than before, but not like we want to. We live 30 miles apart, which isn’t far by Texas standards, but life keeps

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cc: GOD

I recently saw Facebook posts from a loved one that I was uncomfortable with. I wasn’t surprised because they have posted things like that before. I expressed my concerns to them, but it continues to happen. Their posts bother me for several reasons. Many of their family members are on Facebook and see everything they

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Positives And Negatives

This past year (2020) has been full of positives and negatives. We started out with a booming economy, which gave us a positive outlook for the future. Our hopes were dashed when the pandemic hit, and people started dying. Our outlook turned into a negative when we were told to stay home and everything, with

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