Tag: Bible
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Hopping Down The Habit Trail
I’m a seeker of good habits. Not resolutions, mind you. Those ubiquitous mainstays of News Years’ self-reinvention frustrate me no end. They taunt me with their lack of long-lasting results. Habits, however, are activities I choose to do that become a regular tendency, a practice that’s hard to give up. Doing things the same…
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Happily Ever–When?
I’m a great expecter–with massive expectations of what my life should look like. I fully expected to get through college, find a job and get married. Did that. The fact that I’m still married to that guy I dated all those years ago is a testimony to the grace of God. I fully expected to have…
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All In, No Hesitation, No Excuse
Watching kids of any age is a lesson in enthusiasm. Rarely do they hold back when they’re involved in something they enjoy. Adults often evaluate an activity before engaging, weighing value against time, cost and energy output. Is it worth doing? Kids don’t evaluate. They do. Passion translates into action. We had eighteen-month-old Sloane here…
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Shouldn’t Have Done That
No one should have been surprised. He’s only eight months old. Putting things in his mouth is expected. But swallowing a large rubber lizard? Aspen, the dog my daughter’s family loves to love and laugh at, stopped eating and drinking for two days. He became lethargic, so not like himself. They took him to the…
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We’re Back!
I am not now, nor have I ever been, a gardener. Working in the yard is one of those necessary activities that keeps the local HOA off our backs. We give them so many more things to grumble about as it is. We’ve been dealing with this patch of weeds/crabgrass/unwanted stuff in our back yard…
Tip of My Iceberg 