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Christmas because…Easter

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I hope you all had a wonderfully blessed Christmas celebration with family and friends. As you read this, our four children, their spouses, and our ten grandchildren (with two precious babies on the way for an even dozen next year!) are all gathering at our oldest daughter's house for a week of fun and chaos. Nineteen under one roof! Because we have several teachers in our family, it has worked … [Read more...]

Southwest Christmas

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Happy Christmas Eve everyone! Today, I'm sharing pictures from my family's road trip this past week to New Mexico. It was so much fun to experience the Christmas season, Southwest style! Are you traveling over Christmas or New Years? Have you been to New Mexico? "In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind." John 1:4. I'm wishing everyone a Christmas … [Read more...]

Merry Christmas and Blessings!

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We're traveling and almost home, so this post will be short and quick. Thank you for reading with us this year! Thank you for all the ways you encourage us! My prayer is that 2022 would be year filled with blessings and peace. And may your Christmas season be filled with joy and family and friends. … [Read more...]

Memories & Meaning

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As 2021 draws to a close, I hope to move into the New Year with a heart filled with gratitude, a focus on savoring the small moments that mean so much, and the joy of making lasting memories. I want to ease my hectic schedule so I can slow down and enjoy the blessings God's given me. Nothing brings me happiness like seeing my grandkids smile, my family laughing as we all gather, or the simple act … [Read more...]

Tears in a bottle

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As 2021 draws to a close, I imagine we're all a bit skeptical of what awaits in 2022, understandably so. Which makes me especially grateful for the enduring truth that God holds all of our days in his hands. This time last year most of us were probably thinking, "Wow, it'll be so nice to have 2020 behind us." Only to quickly discover that more of the same awaited us in 2021. Any way you look … [Read more...]

A Birthday Wish

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December 20, 2021  Happy birthday to me!  Today I am three-score and four . . . and I hope the Lord gives me more years to serve him.  I’ll never forget the shock I felt a few years ago when I realized that I had entered the latter part of my life.  I think it was around fifty . . . suddenly I realized that I didn’t have as many years ahead of me as I had behind … [Read more...]

Two Ways to Cope with the Stress of the Holidays

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The holiday season is full of demands. We have our to-do lists that run longer than a novel—baking an old-fashioned fruit cake, mixing fresh snow into ice cream for the kids, and hand-embroidering a Christmas stocking for the pet hamster.Okay, so not really! But most of us DO feel the increased pressure in one form or another during the Christmas season. There's the decorating, baking, … [Read more...]

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