I have SUCH good links to share with you this week! Let them come home –encouragement for anyone loving wayward kids Effects of Obamacare - sober words for anyone with (or without) health insurance In light of a tragic loss at my house this week –a craft for frugal shutter bugs Virtue begins with...
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Ever wondered if you could write a book?  Tell your story to a women’s group?  Become more involved in the ministry at your church? Proverbs 31 Ministries is holding their annual She Speaks conference July 30th-August 1st.  It looks like a great conference for anyone interested in sharing a story in the broader world. ...
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The winner of the $60 Mikarose gift card is Kelly Maine.   Kelly, congrats!!
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Through many dangers, toils and snares You have already come His grace has brought you safe this far (And) His grace will lead you home And the arms that hold the universe Are holding you tonight You can rest inside It’s gonna be alright And the voice that calmed the raging sea Is calling...
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I’m being a chicken.  On Thursday I was interviewed by Mary Byers on Tricia Goyer’s show Living Inspired. I talked — no, I ran at the mouth– for 54 minutes!– about adoption, food, and family. Friday they put up the link to my show — it’s at the top of her right-hand sidebar, the March...
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Here’s the knitting project I’ve been working on during my kids’ reading time this week. On size 1 needles it is going VERY slowly, but I think they will be fun socks.  If I ever get two made.
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I often take weeks to review books, but I found myself wanting to blog about this one within two minutes of opening it.  For starters, the title — Talk to Me Like I’m Someone You Love — is just great.  Haven’t we all had moments where someone who loves us isn’t showing it?   I’ve...
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My youngest daughter just turned 5 in November.  Most days I am so caught up in getting her older siblings through their school that she doesn’t get much that looks like ‘official’ school.  However, she is a champion ‘joiner’.  Anytime a sibling is doing something interesting, she’s there watching and participating to the best...
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Check out my take on these Asian food essentials at MyRecipes.com
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I sit on the edge of my bed, tears squeezing past closed eyelids. I’m rehashing a conversation that went badly, replaying my words in my head, wondering where I goofed, how my gently-intended words were so misunderstood, how an evening went from peace to a snarl of unhappiness that I can’t shake hours later....
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