Once upon a time (isn’t that how all good stories start?), nine years ago to be exact, my hubby and I were navigating our way through our first year of marriage in the midst of my college classes and part time job and his full time job. Most of the people we knew were […]
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A cup of tea. Something so simple with a profound effect. Early Friday morning as I stood in the kitchen making my morning coffee, my daughter wandered out of her bedroom and crawled into the chair I sit in while I have my early morning quiet time. My early morning alone time is a carefully
Housework and Heartwork-Pointing Our Children’s Hearts to the Lord Read More »
A little over two years ago when my oldest was barely three, we had two foster daughters. They were in the middle of transitioning home with their birth parents. We wanted to make the last of our time together memorable so my husband and I decided we would take the children all to one of
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Maybe it’s the bazillion loads of laundry you do each week to keep your family in clean clothes. Or perhaps the food you cook three plus times a day. The late night picking up of the trail left by others on their way to bed. The toilets you scrub. The cookies you bake for the
To the One Who Feels Unseen Read More »
My hair was curled, my makeup was done, and my fingernails were clean and painted. We drove to our college town where we would be returning to classes in a few weeks and spent the hours of drive time talking about our dreams and how nice it would be to be back in the same
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