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5 Minute Fridays | Perspective
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking2. Link back here and invite others to join in.3. Please visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in...
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5 Minute Fridays | Opportunity
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking2. Link back here and invite others to join in.3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the...
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"Every Good and Perfect Gift Comes from Above"
I miss him. That has not changed.The "rule" I discovered about his departure bringing minor calamities has proven true as well. RJ got splinters all over the bottom of her feet (and she won't let me...
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5 Minute Friday | See
My vision is kind of fuzzy when I first open my eyes. Before the covers pull back, before I wobble to her room, before I rub my eyes. It takes them a while to adjust. They take in a furry ball attached...
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5 Minute Fridays | Expectation
1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking2. Link back here and invite others to join in.3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the...
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Goodbye, George
George.I've said that name in blinding frustration and in sheer affection. If you knew George you knew 2 things.1. He was a complete pain in the ass.2. He loved with every single hair on his body.We...
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A Love Story
I read them with indulgent envy. How I would love to dive into their worlds and become a heroic queen in the 1500s or a simple farmer in the 1850s. How I would don the calico and live for harvest...
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Folk Tales | Birth Control
*Folk Tale Disclaimer: These are simply the reasons we chose to do the things we do. We absolutely do not condemn any other parenting decisions as we fully respect that God put specific kids with...
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Grr! ;)
Earlier today I saw this on facebook:My apologies: I don't normally post photos without credit (or that aren't copyrighted to me, for that matter),but I don't know where this came from. It was just on...
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RJ's First Birthday
Photos of RJ's First Birthday are here on my photography blog. Oh she is such a joye!!! We have loved being her parents. She is kind of the most awesome child. :D
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Five Minute Fridays | Stretch
5 Minute Fridays are this thing I do with a bunch of other women over at www.lisajobaker.com where we write for 5 minutes straight with little to no editing and no overthinking. It's a chance to do...
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Five Minute Fridays | Change
Five Minute Friday is a really fun way to release the preoccupation with propriety and practice sharing our hearts with our words rather than our expertise. Five minutes of writing without...
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Mom Moments
When RJ is snug in her bed and the night is winding down, I have the honor of putting our well loved home back in order. I pick up her brightly colored toys and stack them neatly near the wall. I clear...
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"Children are brave!"
Yes, I watch The View. Moving on.I don't know that I have heard such a clear and honest articulation of childhood. Children are brave. Any mother who has watched her baby take those first trepidatious...
View ArticleThe Danger of Encountering God
I'm just going to say it: I'm afraid to meet God.Those words kind of sting. I was raised a Christian - a real one, not a we-go-to-church-on-Sunday-with-a-hangover Christian. As a kid I knew Jesus. He...
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Oops, We Did It Again
Yep! We're pregnant! Well.... technically I'm pregnant. And we could not be more excited! We have been waiting and hoping and praying for another little love to join our family and we are so grateful...
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Daughters Grow
There is a simple tension with Mothers and Daughters. It's sweet and complicated. Raychel is at an age of admiration and pushing boundaries, but someday she'll try to break through some of those...
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An Attitude Adjustment
On Sunday Brent Harris delivered a great message on love. He even sang a line of the Beatles.As he talked about what real love looks like he mentioned that while we can't control our feelings toward...
View ArticleKindness and Severity
The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to...
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Beauty for Ashes
I don't know why God doesn't always step in and fix the things that are broken.I don't know why people who knew the Lord get divorced.I don't know why children die.I don't know why prayers go...
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A Night at the Box Office
Last night we saw Anna Karenina at the movies for our 7th year anniversary date. Aside from the fact that it was a visual and artistic masterpiece, we were just completely taken with the story.This is...
View ArticleRamble | Confession | Hope
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name....
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Pitching my Tent
I am still wrestling. Please, someone, if you have some cure for this in a bottle give me a prescription!I know that God has forgiven me of all my sin. And that because of this I have no right to hold...
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Article 1
A couple weeks ago Raychel fell out of her bed. I have no idea how, but I heard a loud thud followed by a delayed cry. Any mom knows this is one of THE worst sounds to hear. I rushed in and found her,...
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New Digs
I have moved the blog to Wordpress. It's easier to manage over there and it syncs better with other blogs I follow as well as future plans for the business blog. :)So come on over! Same posts, same me,...
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