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2016
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Change is Good, Right? Uggg... SURE it is. Yesterday I attended a Girl Scout meeting for Service Units in our Council. The annual gathering gives us a chance to connect, to review the state of the Council, girl membership numbers, and assess goals for our Service Units. We also learn strategies ...
08/14/2016
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How exciting it is watching the Olympics this year! It’s fantastic to see people breaking into gold, racial barriers being broken, and swimmers churning up the water in ways unseen before. I always wonder how these athletes do what they do. Who saw the spark in them at the beginning? Was it alwa...
08/12/2016
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When I arrived at my client’s house, the children were out with grandma, allowing us time to take care of paperwork. We were almost finished when the smiling faces of their two young daughters appeared at the front door. Scampering in, they sat right down beside me at the table. “They were so exc...
08/12/2016
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A man jumps from an 8 story building. It's a long way to the ground, but when he lands, he's unhurt. He lands on solid ground with no parachute, no bungee cord. How is this possible? When I was younger, I remember enjoying riddles like this. Maybe you did, too. Remember this one?When he walked i...
08/11/2016
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Periodically, I drive the long way home which takes me past a house with a tree in the front yard. Hanging from its thick limbs are two swings that have, no doubt, been the source of laughter and smiles for years. Yesterday though, I put all the pieces together. Swings… front yard…. and it’s summ...
08/04/2016
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The property had been on the market for a while with another REALTOR when I became the new listing agent. There were threads for me to unravel, words I needed to hear from the Seller, knowledge I had to impart. Then an offer was presented about 20% below the asking price. My client was vexed by t...
08/01/2016