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  • Career Advice

    In my 20s I wanted to do so many things! In my 30s I started doing some of those things more. In my 40s I started getting better at some of those things. In my 50s I am doing a few of those things really well. In my 60s I expect to revisit some things

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  • …along the right paths…

    Psalm 23 shares comfort and reassurance. At different points in life what we need is not that same as before, either. As we shared in the newsletter, something new is that Liberty and Van are taking an international adventure without mom and dad! Good, this is a path I would call “right”. First, it is

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  • Start of a New Year, and End of a Semester

    How many posts of mine have started with a similar tone? Well, here is another. Every year goes by so quick. But, praise God, we somehow keep up. The picture above was taken over the Christmas holidays, so you might think it is the most recent pic of the Cookes. In fact, I’ve since shaved

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  • Hello world!

    Hello world!

    Normally we try to personalize our websites, but the initial WordPress blog title is actually perfect! Hello! We are happy that you decided to check out this brief website which shares some of our overseas story. We did have a different site which you might recall – blackforestjourney.de. Sadly, the webhosting deal with which we

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