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2020: The Year of Exceptional Hardships

June 5, 2020 By Jody Hedlund

2020 has sure been a year of hardships, hasn’t it? I can’t even begin to list all the hardships I’ve experienced so far since New Year’s Day. (I tried, but the list was too depressing, so I deleted it!) One of the most recent difficulties (amidst everything else going on in the country and world), is that my little town of Midland in central Michigan experienced devastating flooding. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: House and home Tagged With: Flooding, Jody Hedlund

“When it rains, it pours.”

July 7, 2017 By Jody Hedlund

“When it rains, it pours.” Yes, it’s a cliché. But it’s a good one. And according to Dictionary.com it means: “When something good or bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once and often within a short period of time.” So far this summer I’ve experienced the cliché in a bad way. I’ve had a deluge of difficulties. My month of June began with my twin daughters graduation from high school. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: Difficulties, Flooding, Jody Hedlund

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