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The Blessing of Praying Friends

In: Faith, Family on: September 7, 2023

We’ve been walking through a rough summer. If you are on my email list, you know a bit of my house woes. If you are from Texas, you might know some of our other stresses due to my husband’s former job. Not to mention health …

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Favorite Romance Heroes This Year (so far!)

In: Family, Reading on: August 17, 2023

I’ve read romance my whole life—along with a lot of other things. But even in my romance reading, I’ve never been the type to have “book boyfriends”. I enjoy the romance as a whole, and I very often feel a connection with the …

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The Temporal vs. the Eternal

In: Faith, Family, History on: August 10, 2023

We often take it for granted that the structures we build on this earth will stand. But as we’ve learned with our house in recent months, that isn’t always the case.  So it hit me a little bit harder when I heard the …

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My Fly Fishing Adventure

In: Family on: July 15, 2023

I went on a new adventure yesterday. The afternoon excursion we chose at our conference was fly fishing.  Jeff had done it before. I never had.  I was worried as we got into the waders and boots. I kind of felt …

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Back to Boston

In: Family, History on: July 6, 2023

We’ve been to Boston many time, but it is fitting that we were in Boston this week as we celebrated our country’s birthday. After all, it was the scene of so many events of the revolutionary era—and home to so many of the …

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Mom and Dad’s 60th Anniversary

In: Faith, Family on: June 22, 2023

Next week, my parents will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary, and we’ve pulled out all the stops to honor this achievement!  This past Saturday, the whole family (minus three grandchildren out of town) …

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A Quick Trip to Boston

In: Family, History on: June 14, 2023

When my husband got asked to speak in Boston I jumped at the chance to tag along. Not only do we love the city, but we love getting to spend time with our daughter who lives there.  The trip started with checking in …

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Graduation Season

In: Family on: May 24, 2023

We’ve been busy with high school graduations lately. It’s hard to believe that my youngest graduated ten years ago!  My parents have 13 grandchildren. Numbers 11 and 12 graduated from high school last week.  Gable …

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Monarch of the Glen

In: Family on: March 16, 2023

Do you love Scotland? And BBC programs? Every since we returned from Scotland last summer we’ve been slowly making our way back through one of our favorite shows—Monarch of the Glen.  We had to go old school to get …

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Dolly and Cornbread’s Unintentional Playdate

In: Family on: February 23, 2023

You might remember that Dolly’s litter mate/brother, Cornbread, lives down the street from us. We’ve each stopped to let the dogs see each other when we are out for walks. I don’t know if they know they are siblings, but they …

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