Pete Braley

  • The Charlie Chat – I’m A Star!

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    Hello peoples! What a crazy week here at the house! First of all they are still trying to get me to go downstairs. Nope! Not gonna do it! A couple of weeks ago I started following mom upstairs….. But…..downstairs is another story. Actually…. I may never really do it. It’s nice when they carry me…

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  • Reach Out and Touch Someone

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    It happened again this week and I had forgotten how good it felt. I was having one of those days this week. It wasn’t a bad day or a particularly great day. You know, it was just a day. It was about 11:00 a.m. I had finished what I wanted to do that morning and…

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  • Make Your Bed

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    I was reading the other day when I came across that “Make Your Bed” speech. If you haven’t heard of it, U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven, a Navy Seal for more than 35 years, gave this speech in 2014 to the graduating class at The University of Texas. You can view the entire speech…

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  • Raising Grampy – Chapter 1

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    Hi everybody! My name is Liam and I’m — uh — I don’t know how old I am because I can’t count yet. I can’t even get my fingers to do what I want. I keep poking myself. Gotta work on that. I live in Virginia Beach with my mommy and daddy. They’re names are…

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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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