Tag: friends
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We All Begin Small
When you leave your country to relocate to a place that is unfamiliar and doesn’t yet feel heart-safe, creating a close community takes some time. Not easy when you’re pregnant with your first child. We wanted to celebrate our friend for so many reasons: she was pregnant for the first time and it hadn’t been…
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Treasures Found Where Life Is Happening
Perspective changes with circumstances. Several years ago, we invested in “freshening” our home. New floors, new paint, new counters. Twenty years of wear and tear, six children, several dogs and most surfaces having been peed, pooped or puked on made it feel necessary. It was a big deal for me. As frugal as we were,…
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If I Could Freeze A Moment In Time
There are those special times in life I simply want to savor. Enjoy the moment without rushing on to the next thing that needs to be done. Most of those times have to do with people. We’ve come to the end of another year of our program. We’ll be launching these dear people into their…
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Best. Christmas. Ever.
There are no stockings hung by the chimney with care–we’ve no chimney or fireplace. We make it tough on Santa. The children aren’t nestled anywhere. The grands had a sleepover Christmas Eve, and they ate enough sugar to rocket them into the new year. The only visions any of them have is of electronics. Hang…
Tip of My Iceberg 