Prayer Update

Back in August, I had asked folks to pray for my aunt, who was diagnosed with colon cancer. It seems I’m past due for an update. She has been on chemo for some time, now. For the most part she’s been doing well. We were able to visit the day after Christmas and she was [...]

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A Desert Sunset

I took this picture this past Friday. The sky was so gorgeous I just had to. Thought I’d share it here. Sunsets, really, are always beautiful, no matter what the sun is setting over. We just have to stop and look. It is interesting that cloudy days often produce some of the most beautiful.

Let [us] give [...]

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CloudsCome on Anti-Racist Parent

One of my favorite bloggers is now a columnist on Anti-Racist Parent. Go check out her intro column. Cloudscome features wonderful children’s literature on her blog. She is also an adoptive mom and writes about those experiences as well. In her intro column she begins a heartfelt discussion about hopes and dreams for our children of [...]

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A New Year

The following poem was included in the Shepherd’s Press newsletter I get, and thought I’d share it here:

God’s Resolution (for any year)
New.
New Year.
New toys.
New gadgets to play with.
New things to do.
New things to tantalize.
But what happens to the old?
Thrown away, trashed, burned.
“But it’s broken, worn out, used up; it’s…it’s old!”
And into this world that prizes new [...]

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Morning Snow

We’ve had snow two days in a row now. Of course, both days the snow was gone by afternoon. Yesterday was less than an inch, just enough to run around and throw snow balls. This morning, though, we got about 2 or 3 inches. B had his plan set before we even had breakfast. He [...]

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Now for a Funny Story

This is just a quick post to relay an incident with B this morning. He had been told to get dressed more than once, but was dragging his feet, preferring to play in his room. But finally he came marching out of his room and around the house in a “look at me!” manner. I [...]

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On Second Thought

After finishing up the last post I shut the computer down and went to bed. But then I could not go to sleep. My mind kept going over this one thing. There is one thing in my more recent past that I might wish to go back and re-do, if I could. And it is [...]

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Laundry and a Movie

When I have piles of laundry to fold, I like to find a good movie to watch while I’m folding. Tonight I caught “13 Going on 30” on FX. It’s a goofy movie but had me crying – you know tears, sniff, sniff, crying. In some ways I connected with this movie.
For starters, I was [...]

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Peeking through a Window

I read a blog post today that made me feel like I was looking through a window to the soul of our culture – our society. The post itself was interesting enough, but reading through the 100+ comments was even more so.  Yeah, I actually read through all those comments. But not word for word [...]

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Whoop! Whoop!

Well, some folks will get a new hair style or have their nails done when they need a pick-me-up. I change the look of my blog. Hope y’all like it (those that actually see it).
It seems that while I was fiddling around with the template and header, my 10,000 th visitor stopped by (and 10,001). [...]

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