According to my dashboard, this is my 100th blog post! Wow — how did that happen? And to think, I had virtually no idea that the blogging community even existed six months ago. Crazy, I know. This blogging thing? I absolutely love it. And this Gratituesday thing? It is necessary. In all circumstances.
In honor of my [...]
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Each of the following statements is a future blog post all its own, but sometimes a Mama must take a minute to relish her kids’ creativity, imperfect speech, and their way with words. Here’s what I’ve been hearing at my house:
“We a team, wight Mom?”
“Good job, Mom. Good job!”
“Mommy, I wish you were an octopus.”
“Maa. MAAAAAAAAAAAA!”
“I help [...]
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The days are getting shorter; the evenings cooler. We recently pulled out my favorite article of kids’ clothing… footie jammies! So cute, so warm and cozy. Definitely one of the finer things.
During the fall and winter months, we are somehow less rushed in the evenings (except on game nights… which, in Tiny Town, can [...]
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What a wonder that I do not have to worry about our family finances. I don’t need to worry about anything, actually. God says so! For that I am grateful.
Dismiss all anxiety from your minds. Present your needs to God in every form of prayer and in petitions full of gratitude. Then God’s own peace, [...]
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I haven’t always been good about taking some quiet, daily devotional time for myself. And on the rare occasion where I’d be inspired and gung-ho to dive into my Bible and “read every last bit of it” I would always stop short… way short. Somehow I’d get lost in all the words. Get confused. Lose [...]
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I absolutely cannot get over the amazing Kansas temperatures this summer! Usually we’re choking on the heat throughout August and most of September. (and July… and sometimes June) This year… not so much. It’s been wonderful for many reasons.
Our air conditioner went on a (permanent?) hiatus on August 30. We knew it was on it’s [...]
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We just returned from a quick morning trip to my favorite place in the world, visiting my favorite people in the world. Well, my favorite place besides my own home, on my own couch, curled up with an afghan on a cool fall evening (with a big bowl of homemade soup, right Kate?)… and my [...]
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“I really don’t want to go out there, but I don’t want to miss the moment.”
So out he went, after a 12-hour day of teaching and coaching training, inspiring, and encouraging a spirited group of teenagers.
Out to join a previously solitaire game of football (we have an extremely talented 3 year old… he can play [...]
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“Wow. Do you want me to wait to eat this so you can take a picture for your blog first?”
That’s what my thoughtful hubby said tonight when I served up his supper! And, no, I wasn’t planning to take a picture, but of course I had to after that compliment! He even [...]
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… and their food. That’s what I’m thankful for today.
For this… (and so much more just like it)
and this…
and all the peaches that I forgot to take pictures of…
and all the fresh farm eggs that my mother-in-law brings when they visit…
and just today as I was standing outside school waiting to pick up my [...]
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