From the category archives:
Better late than never, right? It’s still Monday for a few more minutes…
The counting of the multitudes of His blessings continues, as if I could ever actually count them. I may have lettered on my high school Math Team, twice, but I could never count high enough to count my blessings in anything [...]
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491. three weeks in a row of Monday night date nights with Mr. Extraordinary!
492. finding a night that actually seems to work
493. communing with my other half
494. seeking and finding new depth in our most important earthly relationship
495. conversations going way beyond “how was your day?”
496. a decision to “camp” more, electric 4-slot toaster and [...]
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I had a killer headache last week, and by killer I mean the kind of migraine headache that builds and grows through the night (grr, headaches are supposed to get better with sleeping) and leaves me vomitting and in intense pain, unable to get out of bed for a day. Ugh, I hate losing entire days of my [...]
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Last Thursday morning, we noticed what seemed to be a big and bright mosquito bite on Baby J’s right cheek. This is Minnesota and we live in a rural area with a lot of wetlands- they don’t spray for mosquitoes around here. A toddler, a preschooler, or anyschooler, or even a mom or dad with multiple [...]
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Because there were so many sweet ones…
431. thankful for a break in the rain…
432. getting over (at least on that day) my tendency to give up too easily when things are looking like they may not work out
433. taking a chance, and taking a day trip, rain or no rain (my sweet children were so [...]
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Mercy was playing on the table (yes, I know, I said on, because she was) with the potato heads and some rubber duckies, when I heard a concerned “Mom, get your coffee off the table!”
Seconds before, I had noticed how close she was to my 3/4ths full cup of morning coffee. I was already moving [...]
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We had a cd of Sunday School Songs playing yesterday. As much as I love classic hymns, I may love Sunday School songs just a wee little bit more because they’re so easy to memorize and it’s so cute to see little children light up and sing along. There I was, softly singing along as [...]
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I have a story to tell, but it needs more writing. There has been another asthma flare-up, and like He has done so many times before, the Lord has taken such good care of us and our girls. I’ll try to get it up for tomorrow. For now, [...]
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391. air conditioning
392. a husband who will take the time to take apart and clean the air conditioner so that it actually cools the house down
393. eyes opened and lessons learned during the recent series of Revival meetings
394. hearts and souls revived, like a breath of fresh air
395. safety on the road night after night [...]
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381. that brilliant orange display of His creativity (Orioles are my favorite birds, I think, it’s so hard to choose a favorite…)
382. listening to the Loons call from the lake across the highway well into the night these past few nights (Loons are another favorite, see? it’s so hard to choose, but then, I don’t [...]
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