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Here for this, my dude! And 👀 Flash Fiction Friday returns this friday, so if you are wondering what fiction to write I'll be dishing up prompts for your consideration. But all that aside, life has many twists and turns (AND YOU'VE GOT AN EXCITING TWIST INCOMING) and all we can do is roll with it. I hope whatever you do feels like it is your choice, and is fulfilling and not forced. And when Junior arrives, and you have to do more duckin' and rollin', we'll be here for that too. Looking forward to this new chapter of substack--good luck and God bless!

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Very excited about Flash Fiction Friday! Thanks for all your support, Scoot!

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Congratulations to you and your wife! Also, I’ll enjoy seeing you back in this space. Hang in there, we all go through ups and downs. Don’t discount spiritual warfare in all this - everything you mentioned doing more of (prayer, reading scripture, etc) combats the devil btw.

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I've certainly thought of the spiritual warfare aspect but want to be careful of deciding that's what's going on. Not say it's not part of it at all, but I also don't want to give the devil too much credit and take away some of my own responsibility for this. If that makes any sense... haha

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Without a doubt it’s a balance in discerning. Excited you’re back 👏

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Hangest thou in there!!

Y’all got two snows down there! Up here in north-ish GA, we only got one. It was stupid cold, though. (Hush all y’all in the snow belt. We live in the South where 60 hours below freezing is NOT-NORMAL!)

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Derek, Your kids are cute! All that you said in your stack do again and it is not to late to join another Exodus 90 fraternity. You are a good man and you can do this! I will pray for you and your family. Ed

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Sometimes we gotta press 'reset' -- and I thank you for doing that aloud, because it encourages the rest of us. I'm looking forward to what's ahead, Derek! Peace.

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Derek - congratulations on the upcoming birth of another one! Glad you're getting back into the fiction. I have also decided to focus most of my Substack writing on Fiction. Currently writing a serial Novel that will drop a chapter each Friday on The Talking Pen. BTW, for some reason the Substack algorithm gurus hide way too many posts that I'm subscribed to, so I have to do a search for them. I'm guessing you've noticed the same thing. Hope to read more of your fiction soon.

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Congratulations on the new little coming in June! Beautiful!

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