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Boston firefighter loses everything, finds time and talent

Posted by Suzette Standring 
· Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 at 10:27 AM 
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When Mike Foley was a child and lost something, his mother would say, “It’s just stuff.”  However, when he lost a marriage, a job, and three generations’ worth of family heirlooms, it’s not easy.  Yet at age 69, the former lieutenant with the Boston Fire Department is not bitter. “I’m not in charge, I leave […]

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Categories : Acceptance, Columns, healing, Hope, Moved by the Spirit, Personal challenges, Spirituality, Writing, Writing tools
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Boston Firefighter: God’s got my back

Posted by Suzette Standring 
· Monday, January 18th, 2016 at 01:57 PM 
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(Special thanks to Bill Noonan for allowing the use of his photos of January 12, 2016 fire. http://www.billnoonanfirefotos.com Today when Boston firefighter Larry Smith, a 27-year veteran, rushes into burning buildings, his courage is fueled by faith. Twenty-two years ago he was blinded in a raging house fire. During that ordeal he discovered only God could […]

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Categories : Bible, Columns, Family, healing, Hope, Personal challenges, Spirituality, Writing
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The Gifts We Don’t Return

Posted by Suzette Standring 
· Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 at 10:50 AM 
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This month a deluge of holiday gifts are returned to stores. It’s hard to give the perfect gift, and almost as hard to remember getting one. Yet Patricia Kachinsky of Milton still talks about what she received years ago.  Back then she told her four young daughters, “I want a memory of something your father […]

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Categories : Acceptance, Columns, Family, healing, holiday, Kids, Moved by the Spirit, Personal challenges, Spirituality, Writing
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A Christmas Party in Prison

Posted by Suzette Standring 
· Thursday, December 10th, 2015 at 01:23 PM 
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I had my first Christmas in prison.  No, not as an inmate.  In 1998 I was a Bible study volunteer at Webster Correctional Institution, a low security prison for men in Cheshire, CT (since closed).  That year we threw a Christmas party for the 9 inmates in our group.  However, word got around and 50 […]

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Categories : Acceptance, Bible, Columns, healing, holiday, Hope, humor, Moved by the Spirit, Personal challenges, Spirituality
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Light of Gratitude in Dark Times

Posted by Suzette Standring 
· Monday, December 7th, 2015 at 02:12 PM 
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In the wake of terror and violence, a Facebook friend rallied against desensitization or surrendering to despair. But what else is there to feel? Paranoia? Revenge? Hatred?  I needed another option. This is the season for love and goodwill, but headlines disconnected me from holiday cheer, such as writing Christmas cards. Then, I thought, why […]

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