by Alison on February 28, 2010
Great Is Thy Faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,There is no shadow of turning with Thee;Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not:As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be. CHORUSGreat is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!Morning by morning new mercies I see;All I have needed Thy hand hath provided-Great is [...]
by Alison on February 27, 2010
Let’s see, this week I passed on another box of baby boy clothes to my youngest sister, and I came to the realization that the new duvet cover that I finally got onto my bed just wasn’t as nice as it looked. It sure looked nice, and it sure was a great deal. That’s why [...]
by Alison on February 26, 2010
“I don’t know how you do it.”“You must be the most patient woman in the world.”“You must be so organized.”“You are one special woman.” I hear it all the time, often immediately following the frequently uttered, “Wow, you’ve sure got your hands full.” Yes, I do, I think to myself, trying to remember to smile [...]
by Alison on February 25, 2010
Whew! There are a good many benefits to being married to an IT guy, like how he took care of the whole domain name buying thing and the setting it all up on the web server and entering all of the ftp path mumbo jumbo so all I have to do is hit “publish post”… [...]
by Alison on February 22, 2010
281. releasing another several pounds of clutter 282. children who beg for more biscuits, some with sausage gravy, some with butter and jelly, some with butter and honey, some with peanut butter, some with just butter, all made with love and more helping hands 283. a week with more sunny days than overcast days 284. [...]
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Multitude Monday
by Alison on February 20, 2010
This week I didn’t make the kind of progress I had hoped for. That’s ok, I’m becoming a lot more comfortable with releasing things, and that is a huge step in the right direction. Huge. I passed on a ton of baby boy clothes to my youngest sister today without hesitation. I didn’t take a [...]
by Alison on February 18, 2010
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.Proverbs 17:22 (italics not mine, it’s printed just like that in my KJV) This has been one of my favorite verses for years. I love it and read it over and over again. I meditate on it as often as I [...]
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Proverbs and Parenting
by Alison on February 16, 2010
Oh, how I love a good biscuit fresh from a warm oven, yum. So do my children. And so does my husband. It works out good that way, well, except for that whole fighting over the last biscuit thing. The other day, on a whim, I decided to make our 10 yr old, Jaron, my little [...]
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buttermilk,
recipe,
whole wheat