Wendi's Weekend Trips & Whatnot

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Make Your Marriage Better at This Event in Wooster

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My husband, Bobby, and I have been married for over 20 years. I have talked a lot about how Bobby is the perfect person for me. (If I never said it so directly, I should have!) My mother, Dolores, always told me that God was preparing the special person for me and she was right. However, I don't want to give you the impression that we've always sailed through life perfectly and without any bumps in the road. That wouldn't be true. We have faced some difficult situations and have worked through … [Read more...]

Oh, Mercy! Mercy Street Season 2 Begins Sunday

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When I was a kid I always looked forward to fall, not just for the cooler weather, but also because of the new TV shows and new seasons of my favorite TV shows starting again. Thankfully for me, an avid couch potato, I don't have to wait to get my fix of new episodes until fall for some of my favorites. Now new seasons start in January, too. A show that is beginning again that I am so excited for is Mercy Street. It is a PBS historical medical drama that is set in Alexandria, Virginia during the … [Read more...]

‘Patriots Day’ Relives the Boston Marathon Bombings

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From the moment I saw the trailer for "Patriots Day," a film depicting the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and subsequent manhunt for the two bombers, I wanted to see it. While I was in Wooster at the time of the explosions, two people, both in Boston that day, offered me glimpses in the tragedy and the capture of the perpetrators. The first was Kathryn Gabriele, a Wooster native who was running in the marathon, and the second was Seth Mnookin, someone I connected with at a conference for … [Read more...]

Vegging Out In 2017, But Not Like You Think

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I heard a quote recently by Stephen King, I think. It went something like, "inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us get up and get to work." For someone like me, who is feeling a bit of writer's block, I am convicted. I by no means would ever think to put myself in the same stratosphere as a writer like Stephen King, but I do fancy myself as a semi-professional writer. (I do have a couple of little books for sale on Amazon!) Yet, here I am hoping for inspiration to come upon me as I type … [Read more...]

Serving Up Blog Leftovers From 2016

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Wow, we're in the year 2017! Seems like just the other day that we were in 2016.(I know, we were, I just think it is funny to say. I'm like my dad in that way.) So looking back over the year, I realize there were things we did but never wrote about, that I want to get off my whiteboard. Let me explain. Last year I bought a small white board (the kind that can go in a school locker) so my husband, Bobby, and I would be able to keep track of the posts we needed to write. We erase them from … [Read more...]