I’ve written before about Our Daily Bread – it’s a little pamphlet of daily devotionals that I find very helpful in remembering to take time to think about God and His many gifts everyday – even when time is short. Yesterday’s devotional was a good one that I think can help and/or speak to many […]
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Seems like it’s been a long time since my last griping-about-Walmart blog post. Either I’m getting used to their secretive price-gauging ways, or I’m too busy in my personal life to spend as much time feeling wronged by the corporate giant. Maybe it’s a little of both. But a few weeks ago, a couple of
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Crazy night here last night!! Our 6-year-old, Samantha was up late, and since she was the only one of our 4 kids still awake, we decided to spend some ‘just parents with Sammie’ time and play a game. Dad had sunk one of our ships in Battleship when we heard a series of pops from
Finding out that it’s only a myth that cops are nice and forgiving on Christmas Day was not pleasant, and that’s all I’m going to say about that – except to disclaim that the lead foot did not belong to me. Other than ‘the incident’ , Christmas day was a fun day full of blessings
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Speaking of family outings, we found a fun place weekends ago in Fort Wayne Indiana – it’s an indoor ice skating place, and they have THREE ice rinks! But we didn’t have time to try ice skating; our family was more interested in the bouncy castles. At $5 / head from 1-4pm, it wasn’t a
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Merry Christmas! Happy holidays! Happy New Year! Whatever you are celebrating this year, here’s to hoping that it is safe, fun, and happy! Merry Christmas from our family to yours! 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared
December 18 marks two anniversaries of immense personal loss – 10 years ago today, my father-in-law passed away from ALS. Though some memories are still painful, a decade of time has numbed the pain of his loss a little, and it’s easier to focus on the good times we shared and the countless wonderful things
Big surprise, time got away from me. How did that happen? Couldn’t be that it’s Christmas time and I have a million things to do. Honestly, I always try to refrain from sending Christmas cards, but sometimes I feel so badly when we get cards from others and I’m not sending any back. So then
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Than having to care for sick kids when you are a sick parent. Ok, so there are plenty of worse things, but this is one of my least favorite things about daily life, getting sick at the same time as my kids. The hits just keep on coming – is it December or what? (in
