• Just Because

    It is real. We need to quit feeling like we are failures. We need to quit feeling unloved. Our God loves us so much, He put a piece of himself deep in the center of us when He created us. Now that’s love. Lean into Him. That’s where the peace comes from. That’s where we

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  • All Those Lives

        Two lives – at least. God designed us to live one life. There are two ways of thinking about that. We are born. We live until we die. Or We live one life at work one at home and another . . . {you fill in the blanks}. The other life is the

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  • Saturday and Sunday

    I realized I have many of you who don’t follow my page on Facebook and wanted to share my posts with you today. These complete my Lent through Easter 2016 thoughts, prayers and hopes for a future with us all moving closer to God. It has been a hard year. Do you feel as though

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  • From Dark to Light

      Fear not. “Nana, are you ever scared?” Laura’s quiet voice – from the other side of the bed.  Before I could think of the best way to answer, “Nana, tell me the truth, really. I’ve never asked you this before and I want to know.” “Yes, love, I have been scared.” “What scares you?”

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  • Traveling Mercies

    I am passionate about traveling this big world. Everyday is filled with sights, sounds, tastes and flavors I have never experienced before. It is a thrill to me. Taking pictures, conversations with random strangers – language not creating barriers – smiles – sign language – pointing – all fill my heart with the sense of

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  • God’s Glory in My Story

    Being sick isn’t fun. Taking good health for granted is way too easy. I recently ended up with the dreaded respiratory virus viciously making its way through our community. It only took it a few days to move into bronchitis for me. Yes, I have felt lousy. Yes, I am grateful for the meds I

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  • Just A Blur

    I heard my granddaughter laughing and then “Oh, Aria!”  This is all I saw when I got there. A whole lot of crazy and uncontainable energy. To say Aria was having a great time is an understatement. What you don’t see is her big brother lab who headed straight to his kennel when their fun

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  • Fearless

    For our Monday update from the world of Aria comes this great pic of her running with her cousin Louie. I think she just redefined the meaning of running with the big dogs. My son, Jonathan, took this pic of them. It is ridiculously cute. How does she have the courage to do that? She

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