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Continue reading →: My trade and joy
I like markers in time. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Holidays. New year celebrations. And, the older I get, the more I feel each night as I lay down to die daily to my failures and successes and wake each morning to new mercies I am celebrating the beginning of a new, important…
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Continue reading →: I’m the Odd Couple’s 38 year old mom in a 68 year old body
I never know what to put in the title line, especially on a day like today. Maybe: My hip and knee hurt bad! Or: I have pockets of puffiness under my eyes that won’t go away and weren’t there yesterday. Or: My baby is eight today! Or: My sister is…
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Continue reading →: Things were different this year. But one thing never changes.
Twas the day after Christmas and all through the house… everyone was doing their usual thing. But as I look back over the last month (which flew by at record speed) I’m glad we did things a little differently this year. I hope it’ll be even more different next…
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Continue reading →: The purpose of Christmas
The tree is lit, ornaments hanging, gifts piled, the homemade nativity scene crowded out by fancy wrapped boxes. Everyone is waiting. The kids are waiting for about 24 hours from now when they’ll wake up and rip that pretty paper off those boxes and smile at the surprises inside. My…
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Continue reading →: The problem of evil
I was asked tonight why God doesn’t end the evil now, why wait? I was asked why pray to a God who is going to let evil continue? “Why pray He’s not going to change His mind, He’s going to do whatever He’s going to do anyway!” I feel like…
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Continue reading →: What image?
In Romans 8:28-29 it says God’s agenda for my life is to conform me to the image of His Son. I’ve had an agenda in mind for what God would do for me. Was it to conform me to the image of His Son? What image did I have in…
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Continue reading →: So basically you are your dad with female parts. – An un-named spouse
I had a dentist appointment yesterday that ended in scheduling two crowns at the cost of $1000! Four of my teeth have old fillings from 1980 something which now have deep fissures. Two of them have been causing me quite a bit of pain. I had the first eye exam…
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Continue reading →: What to do when you feel alone and the past still hurts?
Some days are easier than others. Some days are harder than others. None of the circumstances really change that much, but the feelings sure do. So what do you do when those old aching wounds throb and you feel alone, like no one understands? There are sure chains that masquerade…
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Continue reading →: Marveling at our history of grace
It’s my fourth year doing it. You’d think I’d be on track by now. I don’t know why I thought that today was November 31st. I guess I forgot that old rhyme I learned back in first grade. When I ran into my friends from church who are about to…
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Continue reading →: It’s Jesse Tree Time!
For all four of you who read my blog… I’m back. Smile. I just finished a writing marathon. 50,000 words of fiction in 30 days! It’s the National Novel Writers Month Challenge. My good friend did it last year and she challenged me to do it this year. And I’m…
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