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Foggy Days
It was a foggy day. Like, an official “school starts three hours late and no busses run because of zero visibility” kind of foggy day. There were pile-ups on multiple highways and late arrivals all around as people tried to … Continue reading
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The Thing About New Years
Anyone who knows me well will vouch for the fact that I’m an obsessive “lister.” I make to-do lists….shopping lists….wish lists….goal lists….basically, if it can be put on paper I’ll find a way to categorize, prioritize and organize it … Continue reading
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Advent Week 4 ~Love (Christmas, Actually)
Love Today is December 25th – Christmas – and though I am all of five days past the official fourth Sunday in the Advent season, I just couldn’t bring myself to not close the circle with some thoughts … Continue reading
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Advent Week 3 ~ Joy
(Reprinted from December 15, 2014) Joy for the Brokenhearted Advent Week 1: Hope for the Brokenhearted (Good place to start…) Advent Week 2: Peace for the Brokenhearted (Little harder – dig deeper…) Advent Week 3: … Continue reading
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Advent Week Two ~ Peace
(Reprinted from December 15, 2014) Peace for the Brokenhearted “Be my prince of peace, the guardian of my heart. Let ancient striving cease, and patient trusting start. Be my prince of peace, in a world of pain and war. Come … Continue reading
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Advent Week One ~ Hope
(One year ago I wrote short devotionals for the four weeks of Advent. When regarding the possibility of doing the same again this year, I found such great solace reading the words from last year I have decided to reprint … Continue reading
7000 Steps
A few months ago the school district I work for offered an opportunity to all employees to take up a walking challenge as part of an annual health and fitness campaign. The idea is simple, really – just walk a … Continue reading
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Ten Months Later…
It’s been more than 10 months since my last post here, and much has happened in those months. I’ve continued to write (you can find links below), just not here. It’s proven to be more difficult than I even imagined … Continue reading
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The Last Big Thing
I’m sitting here, waiting for the sounds of a large truck due any minute to deliver my son’s car from New York. For weeks I’ve thought of this event as “the last big thing.” I actually went to work … Continue reading
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Tagged death of child, faith, God is faithful, grief, healing, mercy, mourning, suicide
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Graduation Day
A little over two years ago our then 24 year old son gave his dad and I a call and asked if we could make the two and a half hour drive north to see him….he had something he wanted … Continue reading
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