From the monthly archives:
51. soft blankets
52. flannel sheets in a Minnesota Winter
53. bookshelves
54. our big dining room table
55. quiet nights
56. warm pajamas
57. slippers on little feet
58. a 13 month old little boy who still cuddles with Mommy while drinking his milk
59. 1st haircuts for little girls
60. the pile of laundry waiting to be folded (a sign that we [...]
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Count Your BlessingsJohnson Oatman, Jr., 1856-1922(#370 in “Great Hymns of the Faith“)
When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed,When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,Count your many blessings, name them one by one,And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
RefrainCount your blessings, name them one by one,Count your blessings, see what God [...]
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4 yr old Hope found a freshly made paper airplane laying unguarded on the table, “Who made this?” she wondered aloud.
“I did.” said 10 yr old big brother Jaron.
Holding up a piece of broken crayon, “Do you want it blue-ish?”
“Um, nope.”
-Hmmm, why not? Shouldn’t every paper airplane be blue? Excuse me, blue-ish? Judging by the [...]
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I’ve thought about and focused on things I am truly thankful for, a bit here and a bit there, a scrap of paper tucked in a Bible, a journal page now and then, the notes section of my planner… This list will be my way of keeping it all in one place, a record of [...]
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Oh yeah, he loves me.
My husband is not the overly sentimental type. Flowers are rare enough around here to still be very special, the potted fall mums he brought home a couple weeks ago brought me to tears, they were so unexpected, and so beautiful.
A few nights ago he came home with an “I got [...]
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Sonrise Scholars Reading MarathonNovember 2009Our marathon program benefits the reader (we have 3 solid readers and an emerging reader or two or three), the reader’s family, and the Sonrise Scholars Co-operative that our family is so excited about being a part of this year. Students participate by reading as much as possible (yay!) and finding [...]
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(blast from the past photo, our current 8 yr old, formerly 3…)
Recently, our just-turned-3 yr old, Mercy, has decided that everything that has a smell that she can smell, smells like cow poop, or in her toddler dialect, “smells like tow poop”. It was pretty much cute and funny, at least it was until she [...]
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(blast from the past photo, our current 8 yr old, formerly 3…)
Recently, our just-turned-3 yr old, Mercy, has decided that everything that has a smell that she can smell, smells like cow poop, or in her toddler dialect, “smells like tow poop”. It was pretty much cute and funny, at least it was until she [...]
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