The last week or so has been hard emotionally. I am trying to put my finger on “why”. Here are some ideas…. Almost 15 months of waiting “officially” for baby Turning one year older Missing dear friends Waiting on some big things Trying to overcome contentiousness I get a bit…
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We have so enjoyed the bird feeder that my parents gave the kiddos for Christmas last year. Often Darling Daughter fills up the feeder. Our birdies are little piggies so it gets filled often. One day she spilled a lot of the seed on the ground next to the feeder. …
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In his book Waking the Dead, (and Captivating too I believe) John Eldredge talks about identifying the wound and/or lie that the enemy uses in your life to trip you up and tear you down. If there was a neon sign flashing over my head (heart really) it would flash…
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This summer I carried around “The Hunger Games” and “One Thousand Gifts”. Seems like an unlikely pair, right? Sometimes I was in the mood to read one and sometimes the other, and sometimes I was in the mood to read some of both. If you know anything about these books…
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I remember when 3 of my closest friends and I were on our way to dinner. We all came with a few questions to ask each other. One of them was, “What is one thing you couldn’t live without?” The one with sunshine hair said, “Color”. Color. This summer has…
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Darling daughter is learning to dive. On the first day of trying she belly-flopped many a time. The tears flowed and she wanted to give up. Ah, she is like me. If I am not naturally good at it, I want to give up. She was tempted to give up. …
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