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    Along The Way
    Mark Carnes
    • May 13
    • 6 min

    Along The Way

    “One regular Chicken Philly Sub on wheat bread, along with one regular Turkey Breast & Provolone Sub on wheat bread. Sure, we’ll make...
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    WE Did It!
    Mark Carnes
    • Apr 2
    • 8 min

    WE Did It!

    My first-born son’s High School Basketball career was drawing near to the end, and we had just been given the news. During his senior...
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    Winning Is Not A Score
    Mark Carnes
    • Mar 12
    • 6 min

    Winning Is Not A Score

    I had just finished a tearful embrace with my son’s High School Basketball Coach, who left the locker room first. Immediately following,...
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    Senior Night=TOGETHER
    Mark Carnes
    • Feb 19
    • 5 min

    Senior Night=TOGETHER

    The day started in darkness, before the sun came up. Before I even rolled out of bed, I already had tears in my eyes. It was Senior...
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    Showing Up for The Mundane
    Mark Carnes
    • Feb 4
    • 5 min

    Showing Up for The Mundane

    One by one, each of my three sons leaned in and bent over her with tenderness. They clutched her bruised and tattered hand into their...
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    Something
    Mark Carnes
    • Jan 28
    • 5 min

    Something

    I had just put the last of my mom’s personal belongings into the white plastic bag the hospital had given to me. A few sticks of gum, one...
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    Opportunities for Joy
    Mark Carnes
    • Jan 21
    • 5 min

    Opportunities for Joy

    We are now almost two weeks into my mother’s hospital stay, and it continues. I will not relist the trauma of everything that has...
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    This Is Trauma
    Mark Carnes
    • Jan 14
    • 6 min

    This Is Trauma

    This is trauma. The week began like any other week. That is when trauma decided to make its uninvited way into the serenity of my life....
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    Staying In The Moment
    Mark Carnes
    • Jan 7
    • 4 min

    Staying In The Moment

    It was the evening of December 25, 2021. The Christmas rush had come and gone as quickly as an Appalachian storm. The floors and couches...
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    O Night Divine
    Mark Carnes
    • Dec 23, 2021
    • 6 min

    O Night Divine

    (The “Insights” column will take next week off between Christmas and New Year’s. It will return the first week of 2022. Merry Christmas...
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    Picture Perfect
    Mark Carnes
    • Dec 17, 2021
    • 5 min

    Picture Perfect

    The picture you see here is from Christmas Day 2014. It looks almost picture perfect. It gives the appearance of a perfect, well...
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    Christmas (Time) In The City
    Mark Carnes
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Christmas (Time) In The City

    “Silver Bells, Silver Bells, It’s Christmastime in the City” Times on the farm growing up could be very difficult, and oftentimes quite...
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    Where It Began
    Mark Carnes
    • Dec 3, 2021
    • 6 min

    Where It Began

    My mother played the piano. Most people who know her well, know this. She played the piano and organ in church for many years. She taught...
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    Make Room For The Left Turn
    Mark Carnes
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Make Room For The Left Turn

    Every Christmas, when my family is on the way home from an event in town, there is the option to take a left turn into a neighborhood. In...
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    The Story Behind the Story
    Mark Carnes
    • Nov 12, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Story Behind the Story

    One of my favorite and most gratifying moments on any stage, anywhere, was Christmas In The City 2016. That was the year I got to sing a...
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    If A Picture Could Talk
    Mark Carnes
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 5 min

    If A Picture Could Talk

    This picture was taken on Sunday, December 13, 2020. It was taken the last night of Christmas In The City, just moments after the last...
    7 views0 comments
    A Spooky Story
    Mark Carnes
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 7 min

    A Spooky Story

    It was known as the Land of the Waxhaws, a region of North and South Carolina ranging from Waxhaw, NC to Lancaster, SC & Buford, SC....
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    I Was Raised This Way
    Mark Carnes
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 5 min

    I Was Raised This Way

    I was raised that way… I was a scholarship collegiate athlete, and it was the first weekend our Coach had required us to stay on campus...
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    We’re Burying the People Who Raised Us
    Mark Carnes
    • Oct 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    We’re Burying the People Who Raised Us

    The coffin was set center stage, draped in beautiful flowers, just at the foot of the altar rails of the old Waxhaw United Methodist...
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    The Weight of The Right and The Wrong
    Mark Carnes
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Weight of The Right and The Wrong

    · Where is everyone and why did they leave? Is anyone coming back? · Why doesn’t everyone see the value, obedience, and...
    5 views0 comments
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