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Here I am
I met my husband for the first time after returning from a year with a (well known) missionary organization that we semi- affectionately refer to as Camp Millet, because birdseed is what we ate for...
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This Moment
“The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with…” ~ Arnold Glasgow Connecting with Amanda and folks for {this moment}. Would love to know about your special moments this week!
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{this moment}: spring’s magic wand
The Dandelion’s pallid tube astonishes the Grass, And Winter instantly becomes an infinite Alas. ~Emily Dickinson Connecting with Amanda and folks for{this moment}. Would love to know about your...
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Good friends and happy finds
Today I helped one of my dearest friends with her yard sale. It was bittersweet, I know,for her to pass on some things that were family memories. She is such a dear special person to me, as well as...
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Listening to Love
I wrote this during some Good Friday reflection time. I will be posting again regularly after Easter. Blessings! My time away from this space during these last two weeks of Lent has been good and full...
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Spring Cleaning and Adding Warmth
During this week off, I have done the proverbial spring cleaning. I did clear lots of space and donate some unnecessary items. But I have spent time adding a bit of warmth and hominess as well. It just...
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Sandpaper numbers and salvation
When I received these in the mail today from this lovely place, I cried. If that seems like an extreme reaction to a set of Montessori sandpaper numbers, perhaps I’d better explain. Almost two decades...
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{this moment}
“The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder Connecting with Amanda and folks...
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Praying from the Heart
I first discovered the examen by reading this lovely little book written by Dennis, Matthew , and Sheila Linn. These three have written a slew of short and beautifully illustrated books on the inner...
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Nature’s Healing Gifts
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. ~John Muir This was an unexpected surprise discovered in our tool shed...
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Highly Recommended Children’s Books (And a Giveaway!)
We are leaving tomorrow to travel several states away to visit family and friends. One of the things I hope to do is to go to the book store where I worked for three enjoyable years before we moved to...
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Wonderment
‘If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live...
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One year of Pie Jesu giveaway and announcement!
Candles spell out the traditional English birthday greeting (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Pie Jesu is one! This year of blogging has been life changing and I mean that in the truest sense of the word. So...
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Inspired Geometry
“Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.” — Aleksandr Pushkin Although when I was in school I hated most maths, I LOVED Geometry and was quite good at it. I think it is because it...
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A Baptism, A Birthday, and Belonging
“God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68:6 This is our church. Snarfles was baptized here on Sunday. Naturally the importance of our daughter’s life being consecrated to God was enormous. Standing...
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