Tag: hope
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‘Twas The Night Before The Big One
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land, There was hustling and bustling with what had been planned. People dashing and darting from one store to others, For last minute gifts for their friends and their mothers. Dad was stuck in the lines at the shops at the mall, Shopping till 10! Last-minute…
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What About That Baby?
He came. Finally. Past the time we’d expected him to show up. Not the way we’d anticipated. My daughter, Courtney, and her husband, Michael, were expecting their first child. A boy. It’s been a year for boys–this one was the fifth male born into our family this year. I’d anticipated coming out to help when…
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Light Up My World
I often wonder who the bigger child is–my husband or the grands. He gets ridiculous joy from purchasing surprises for them that sometimes backfire. The slip and slide and other water blow-ups that he bought for them this summer. Which they loved. But their lifespan was short–who knew jumping on plastic could put a hole…
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So Now What?
I like to think I’m significantly impacted by important experiences in my life. In 2004, I took my three youngest daughters to East Asia for three weeks to work in an orphanage. I wanted a chance for them to encounter a culture different from theirs. One not so privileged. It was incredible working with those…
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Come On, Just Move It, Move It
Moving from one home to another evokes a wide range of emotions in people. Our first four years of marriage we moved six times. We were young, didn’t have a lot of belongings, and what we did have wasn’t all that valuable. And no kids. All part of the job. Lots, of complaining and…
Tip of My Iceberg 