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My First Chick is Leaving the Nest

August 4, 2016 By Karen Witemeyer

It's a mother's duty - train up a child in the way she should go so she can one day soar through life on her own. And while I can't wait to see what joys and triumphs the future holds for my first little chick, my heart is aching at the thought of letting her go. Next Friday, my oldest child, my only daughter, will leave home and move into her freshman dorm room at Abilene Christian University. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Children leaving home

Summer is just about over and it’s back to work!

August 3, 2016 By Lenora Worth

I know a place where summer strives With such a practiced frost, She each year leads her daises back, Recording briefly, "Lost." Emily Dickinson Summer is almost over. Hard to believe school is starting back. I realized this in the Wal-Mart rush on Sunday afternoon. I no longer have to shop for pocket-folders or ruled paper or spiral notebooks but I was mighty tempted the other day to buy a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family, Friendship Tagged With: Emily Dickinson, nature, refilling the well, RT, summer

How to Achieve an Empty Inbox With Emails & Life

July 15, 2016 By Jody Hedlund

This past week it dawned on me that I had a huge email problem. I realized that every day I was having to spend valuable time weeding through dozens of emails from retailers, magazines, radios, conferences, etc. Even deleting them or marking them as spam was taking time. Time I wanted to protect. Some of them were good places that I’d subscribed to—for example Twitter notifications and even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith, Family Tagged With: Empty Inbox, Jody Hedlund, Junk Mail

What I’ve Been Up to This Summer!

July 1, 2016 By Jody Hedlund

Hi Friends! Like most of you, I have a busy 4th of July weekend. I’ll be hanging out with friends at a barbecue and watching fireworks. Then my family is coming to visit for a few days (my two brothers and their wives and children) and we’ll be traveling to Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes and Traverse City for the Cherry Festival. It’ll be a busy but very fun time! Actually, summer tends to be busy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: Jody Hedlund, summer, Vacation

Missing Daddy, Missing Pieces

June 22, 2016 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Daddlyless Daughters

Last Sunday, we celebrated Father's Day in the USA. I never got to celebrate a Father's Day with my own dad, not counting when I was an infant of about five or six weeks old. I was reminded on Sunday of a paper I wrote for my college English class back in 2014. I decided I would like to share it with you. I had to edit it as it was too long for a blog post, but I hope you'll enjoy what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith, Family

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