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Time For Another Introduction
Post Views = 521I started this blog in 2015. I’ve gone through periods of writing frequently and months where I’ve written nothing. This year, I’m trying to be more consistent with my blog, with the help of my daughter who is more tech and social media savvy than I am. So, in light of that,…
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Setting New Year’s Graces (not Goals) for 2024
Post Views = 879Every New Year’s Day for years, we have gathered as a family around our dining room table. Someone goes to a nearby wooden shelf and takes down a vase. They then proceed to pull out pieces of notebook paper with writing on them. Each paper goes to the person whose handwriting is…
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23 Things I’m Thankful For From 2023
Post Views = 8211~As always, appreciating my husband and his daily care of meals fixed, rooms cleaned, and nurture given to me and all those within his circle of acquaintances. 2~Becoming beholden to the individual with disabilities who lives with us and teaches me so much about perspective, slowing down, and enjoying the little things…
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A Blessing For The Later Years
Post Views = 1076As time moves on and you feel a failing within your very bones, May your falling be upward and not downward. As the years tick by and the path seems very steep ahead, May you march onward and not backward. As energy wanes and obstacles mount, May you not avoid the way…
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Good News or Bad News?
Post Views = 751What message are we hearing from the church in America today? Is it truly good news or is it bad news? Is it full of fear or hope? Is it showing a way of punishment or a way of grace? Is it showing God as vengeful or God as loving? The church…
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18 Bits of Advice for My 18-Year-Old (as she leaves home for college)
Post Views = 636(I found a shortened version of this list written down in a journal notebook of mine from quite a while ago. I’m not sure where it came from, but I think I saw it somewhere online. So, I don’t know who to give credit to for the original list, but I have…