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Every year, the week of Valentine’s Day, I get “the card.”
For years (5 or 6?) this beautiful homemade Valentine’s Day card would arrive at my door and I’d try to figure out who sent it.
Until about 2 years ago – I asked a friend and I was right. She was the sender!
Even though I know [...]
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Mary, did you know
That your baby boy
Would someday walk on water?
Mary did you know
That your baby boy
Will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your baby boy
Has come to make you new?
This child that you’ve delivered
Will soon deliver you.
Mary did you know
That your baby boy
Will give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know
That your [...]
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Relaxation and family time are key for us during the holidays.
I’ve rushed around way too much in earlier years. And I will admit, it gets easier as our kids grow up and become adults. I think all of our perspectives change as we admit to commercialism, over-indulging (food and gifts), and it no longer [...]
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We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is “good,” because is it good, if “bad” because it works in us patience, humility, and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country. ~ C. S. Lewis
When life is hard, it can be difficult to lift our thanks up to [...]
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I’m over at Blissfully Domestic today, reminiscing about past Halloween nights (written a couple of years ago).
And in the meantime, I have my chicken cooking on the stove (in salsa).
And my cans of beans laid out.
And a very special friend dropped a “new kitchen housewarming” gift by (perfect timing).
We may do Halloween differently this year. [...]
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