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redemption: questions unanswered and perhaps rhetorical
I believe in redemption. Redeeming relationships. Redeeming situations. All sorts of redemption really. But is redemption possible in every situation? I guess, speaking specifically of the miraculous role God plays in redemption, the answer has to be yes. God can redeem anything. Any situation. Any wrong. Any relationship. God can, as in He has the ability. But we know,…
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An Afternoon at The Glade
One of my favorite parts of small-town living has always been the community aspect. I love knowing the people who bake my favorite loaf of brioche bread and having the coffee shop owner as an actual friend. I like seeing people I know when I drop my (overdue) books off at the library and having a chat about our…
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plate spinning
I guess last week I took an accidental hiatus from writing. And from responding in a timely manner to my emails. I’ve felt a lot like I’ve been swimming underwater and the struggle to “get it all done” has been overwhelming. This is the song a lot of people are singing, I know. Life is full of all the…
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run of the mill and catch up thoughts
Let’s just have a little rundown write-as-fast-as-I-speak sort of post, shall we? Alright then. Piper Finn attended a tea party birthday gathering today that just sounded like all sorts of sweet fun. She told me that she learned how to walk with a book on her head and how to fold napkins into shapes and there were tiny sandwiches…
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Five Finds Friday (Puck perches, a leftover success and a breakfast solution)
Sometimes I feel this need to apologize to you all for not writing every day. Like I’ve got some quota to fill and I’m letting someone down if I don’t post daily. Sometimes I feel as if the person I am letting down is me. But goodness, y’all. This pace is hard to maintain. The website for TR, homeschool,…
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Family Values
The idea stemmed from a conversation, a comment to a conversation really. (You never know when what you say will be the seed of an idea or the catalyst for change.) This friend mentioned having a set of family values – a list of what matters in your house. A core. I loved that idea. I’d like to think…
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love languages and being thankful for the gifts given
It’s something that all mothers are inherently provided with ample opportunity to learn. But all of humanity gets its share of readily available lessons too. Love comes in different forms. And you need to accept it in whatever form it takes. Learn to see love in its many varied shapes and sizes. And welcome it with open arms. Sometimes,…
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Five Finds Friday (boys up to no good & can you help my family pick a dinner?)
This week has felt a day short. Monday – path of totality day – appeared like a holiday, therefore the week soared along. We had a bit of sickness too that shifted our gears and a field trip and a backseat car disaster involving said sickness. In other random and irrelevant news, I started reading Steinbeck’s East of Eden.…
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Beautiful Coloring: A Timberdoodle Review
School is back in session and I haven’t even snapped one single legitimate back-to-school photo for some reason. Maybe because not every kid is always dressed in photo worthy attire at the same moment. Or because our first days have been sort of anti-climatic. (This morning I started the day out by artfully dropping a glass bowl full of…
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on shapes …… of houses and lives
On the way to soccer practice we drive through a tidy neighborhood. It’s cute. Full of squares. Lots of squares. Square houses. Square screened-in back porches. Square lawns. Manicured lawns. Lawns with the grass cut at an angle and a criss-cross pattern that just politely declares tidy. Men younger than me are standing in their garages, near their garages,…
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the eclipse from my yard.
I closed my computer sometime around 7 pm Saturday night and I placed it on my desk. I didn’t touch it again until Monday night around 10 pm. That probably shouldn’t be a big deal – or an anything deal. But, since typing out words is what I do for both profit and for pleasure, it kind of was…
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Five Finds Friday (funny lyrics & tea & feather earrings)
It’s been a full week. Sometimes you can judge my busyness by the number of blog posts that I am able to send out. This week I think I only wrote two. Of course, sometimes the opposite is true. Sometimes I take the time to write a blog post instead of doing laundry or sweeping the floor or planning…
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all of the questions. none of the solutions.
Yes, they’re hilarious and often times they are cute and occasionally they bake delicious cookies. But seriously – nothing is flawless, am I right? I mean, why – for the love of all things holy – can we not have ONE SINGLE FLAT SURFACE IN OUR HOME THAT IS NOT COVERED WITH RANDOM AND SUNDRY ITEMS? I’m…
