I met a friend for breakfast.
She had never been to the charming little restaurant before.
The restaurant looks like and old farmhouse.
It has a wrap around porch, which is lovely to sit on in the warmer weather.

We hugged hello in the parking lot.
We were so glad to have this time together.
She is a dear friend from high school.
There were years, as we each were raising children, that we lost touch.

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Anyone can see it when they walk down our front walkway.
It is on a post right near the laundry room door.
That is the door everyone sees first.
A little further down the walkway, our main front door can be found.

The laundry room door is the door my children came through every afternoon after school.
They could see me in the kitchen; a snack would be waiting for them.
It was the door they came through if they were playing outside.
A powder room is located in the laundry room, which was helpful when they were young.

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Every woman wants to look her best.
It is not meant to be vain.
It is simply desiring to look attractive.
Attractiveness is not only something that is seen on the outside.

However, outside appearance is what a woman will spend most of her time on in the morning.
The right outfit and the right shoes are selected.
The best accessories to go with the outfit are chosen.
Perhaps a scarf will be pulled out to set the whole ensemble in place.

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I have a love-hate relationship with a tree.
There, I said it.
It seems ridiculous to even describe my feelings that way.
However, I can easily articulate all the reasons why I feel the way I do.

Trees intrigue me.
They loom large around my house.
They conglomerate in the woods behind me, giving an air of mystery to my backyard.
The woods hide all sorts of animals that only come out at night.

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She used to live behind me.
I could see the gables of her white farmhouse through the woods.
She moved with her son and his family to another town, a bit further away.
I tease her that I want to be her when I grow up.

She has been coming to Bible study in my home for years.
She is still coming, even though she does not live behind me any more.
She drives herself.
Some may think that is an odd thing to say; however, this woman is 87 years old.

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I saw her little sneakers light up as she walked.
She was trying to follow her mommy.
It is hard to have little legs.
Little legs just do not seem to walk as fast as grownup legs.

I noticed her cute denim skirt.
It was hard not to notice since it was a twirly skirt.
She was making sure that her movements made her skirt twirl.
She was quite successful and it made her giggle.

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From time to time, I encouraged my children to go through their clothes.
We were constantly ridding out, as I called it.
It was an important thing to do.
Someone else could use the things that they outgrew.

Clothes got passed down, one to another, in our family.
Even with passing things down, there were still large giveaway piles.
Periodically, there would be large trash bags in the upstairs hall closet.
Inside the trash bags were neatly folded clothes.

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This has been a summer of rain.
I wish I had thought about drawing a raindrop on my calendar.
That would give me some idea of just how many days it actually rained here.
There were many days when my plants would not need to be watered.

At the end of my street, near a charming stone wall, there is a creek.
It is a narrow tributary of the Brandywine River.
The narrow creek runs along our neighbor’s property.
I tell him all the time that his landscaping makes me smile as I walk past.

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I smiled as I drove behind him.
I could see clear to the front of the car through the large back window.
What I saw was really not a car as much as something else.
It was truly a bedroom on wheels.

This was not a camper.
This was something that you would have expected duck tape to hold together.
This was well used.
This was well loved.

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Our trash pickup day is on Wednesday.
Our trash men and recycling men are very punctual.
Customers are encouraged to put their trash and recycling out the night before.
If you forget to put it out the night before, it is highly unlikely you will catch them in time.

I listened to a message was sent a few days before our scheduled pick up day.
Due to the Fourth of July holiday, your trash will not be picked up as scheduled.
Your rescheduled trash day will be Saturday, July 7.
Please make sure to put your trash and recycling out the night before to ensure pickup.

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