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The Paris Attacks
Our pastor’s daughter is living in France five hours outside of Paris. You can imagine this was on our minds after the attacks in Paris on Friday night. My oldest and dearest friend lives in Belgium. The same country where some … Continue reading
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Tagged belgium, forgiveness, grace, health, love, paris, terrorism, Thoreau
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Family Traditions
My sister-in-law has been trying to reach me. I haven’t been able to carve time out to talk to her until today. It’s been about a month! I usually feel good by the end of our conversation, and today was … Continue reading
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Simple stuff.
Today I am frustrated, because earlier this morning I had an aha moment, and thought that it was something I really needed to share on the blog. Because it was so pivotal, I was sure I’d remember it. I’m home … Continue reading
He’s gold.
My husband’s job is really rough. He works from 10 to 13 hours a day with no break for lunch (he can eat while he works which isn’t healthy but literally, he could eat, though he usually does not). He … Continue reading
Romance, motorcycles and marriage
Toward the end of a tense day during which I felt like I was getting nowhere, just digging a hole, Bill called me as he left work. The sun was shining, the temperature was mild, and he wanted to know … Continue reading
Sock-mas
I started what we are now calling “Sock-mas” in our house last year on Christmas day. I began to randomly toss out socks throughout the festivities to everyone there. The kids LOVED it. Mostly because I don’t usually throw things … Continue reading
Chemo Care Comfort Bags
Support the fighters. October is breast cancer awareness month and I’d like to use this period to ease the pain of ALL people dealing with ALL cancers. Please sponsor a Comfort Care Bundle to ease everything they are going through. … Continue reading
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An Italian and an Estonian walk into a bar…
During the drama of yesterday , I mentioned to Bill my desire to do something to the front yard. As I said this, I was holding the hose as Bill scrubbed the sludge off of his hands. When he responded, he … Continue reading
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On toilet sludge and …squirrel!
So most days I have these great thoughts that strike me like an ah-ha moment, and I say, “Wow, I really need to blog about this. I want to remember this and share this.” And then I get super busy … Continue reading
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Kids Just Don’t Know…
Kids just don’t know what they do to their parents when the kids go off to college! For my oldest child’s senior year of high school I was a wreck. I would cry at the slightest thing and I had … Continue reading
