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Comfort in a Covered Dish

2009-12-27T02:23:22Z

There are very few things I make that my family refuses to eat. Simply put, we're a family of food afficianados and we love good, comforting food. When your then-seven-year-old son boldly tells his friends, "My Momma is a good cooker," it's prett...

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Enjoying the Holidays - Already!

2009-11-18T18:55:39Z

It used to be that I would say that my favorite holiday, hands down, was Thanksgiving. There was just something about putting together that plate...a little stuffing, some mashed potatoes right beside, a lot of turkey on top (white meat, of cours...

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Dwayne, Part Three

2009-11-05T16:33:42Z

Fifteen years ago today was one of the happiest days of my life. I married Dwayne Henderson. In February 1994, on the way back from a visit to my parents in Owasso, Dwayne stopped the car near a cove on Lake Eufaula. We sat and looked at the star...

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Dwayne, Part Two

2009-11-03T04:44:16Z

What I love most about my husband is his kind heart, followed closely behind by his tremendous sense of humor. My first exposure to Dwayne's sense of humor was Halloween 1989. He had dressed up as Leatherface of Texas Chainsaw Massacre fame (comp...

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Dwayne, Part One

2009-11-02T05:19:41Z

Twenty years ago, two weeks into the fall semester of 1989 at Oklahoma State University, I met the man who would become my husband. He was working as a desk clerk in the front lobby of our co-ed dormitory. He had auburn hair and was studying some...

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Does God Exist and Does He Care About You?

2009-10-27T02:53:17Z

A few days ago, a Facebook friend posted a thought-provoking video about a college philosophy professor who spent each semester convincing impressionable young people that God does not exist. Each semester, during the last class, he would challen...

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A Letter To My Younger Self

2009-09-20T01:40:58Z

I recently came across a book entitled, "What I Know Now - Letters to My Younger Self" by Ellyn Spragins. In it, women from all walks of life - celebrities, cancer survivors, mothers, businesswomen, and regular "Joannas" like me write letters t...

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In The Blink of an Eye

2009-09-11T22:11:07Z

Today marks the eight-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on United States soil. Like many Americans, I will remember the terrible things that happened on this day in United States history, and I will be reminded that in an instant, in...

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I Wanna Be A Rock Star

2009-08-08T02:52:20Z

Last week, while bathing my four-year-old firecracker, Jaderbug, she informs me that she wants to be "a rock star" when she grows up. This is the unfortunate by-product of the replacement of the batteries in her pink Barbie "buitar" (guitar), whi...

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The Best Grilled Hamburger You Will Ever Eat

2009-07-06T19:40:15Z

Summertime gatherings at the Henderson household almost always include hamburgers and hotdogs off of the charcoal grill. And I have a recipe for hamburgers that is so good (and easy!) that it's almost sinful. I'd like to say that I came up with t...

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