Braley Blog

  • The A,B,C’s of Thankfulness

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    Like many people, but probably not enough, I go to church most Sundays. I say “most” because I am guilty of sleeping in occasionally, especially if the weather is bad, the roads are icy or I got a horrible night’s sleep. This past Sunday I was determined to be there even though the weather made…

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  • Woof Wednesday

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    Victory was mine! Until they went on Amazon. Hi guys! It’s me, Oscar the Beagle. Remember that new bowl they got me? Uncle Matt bought me this stupid thing because they all said I ate my food too fast. This thing made me eat slower because I had to keep walking around the stupid thing…

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  • Welcome To The World Little Man!

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    I was watching my baby with her baby the other night. What a powerful moment. For those of you who don’t know, our daughter Sarah and son-in-law Steven had their first baby last Sunday. Sarah was our first-born. That was 1989. I had hair. It was really different last week. We were at the Portsmouth…

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  • Woof Wednesday

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    Hi guys! It’s me, Oscar the Beagle. I gotta tell you, I am really enjoying the cooler weather and Baxter is too. It’s nice to have the windows open. The weather box in the window is okay but the fresh air smells a whole lot better. It’s nice to go for a walk too because…

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  • It Just Takes Confidence

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    I was talking with a friend the other day who was complimenting his wife’s cooking. He said if he was cooking he would have called for pizza and maybe picked up a few chicken nuggets. I used to be that way. My wife discovered, to her disbelief, that my mom had done everything for we…

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  • Woof Wednesday: Allergy Season

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    Hi guys! It’s me…..Oscar the Beagle. What’s this thing called “Allergy Season?” Grampy says it’s bad and he’s stealing MY medicine. And he doesn’t even know how to take it. I think I told you before how I have allergies all year. I think I’m allergic to Grampy but Grammy doesn’t believe me. Yes I…

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  • A Flood of Memories and Another Step Forward

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    We had another beautiful Christmas Eve service last night at the First Congregational Church in Fairhaven. Photo courtesy of Jim Mahaney My friend, Rev. Bette McClure, had asked me earlier if I would do a reading. She gave me a reading from John 1:1-5: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with…

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  • It All Works Out

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    There are just two days to go until Christmas and the panic is setting in for some. It never fails: we have so much to do with shopping and wrapping and baking and visiting but somehow it all seems to get done, doesn’t it? Sure there have been years when the package doesn’t get delivered…

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