The first giveaway of September is a package of three different books, all with the theme of finding contentedness in life.  Book #1 is Steady Days by Jamie Martin, the author of the website Steady Mom.  This book is a great resource for young moms needing just a little more organization and planning in...
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I feel like summer and I have some unfinished business, and I think one of the reasons is that we’ve only gotten up to grandma’s cabin twice this summer. But at least we’ve had a little time there. Here are some pictures from a recent day spent trout fishing in a little winding stream...
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It was a terribly low point in my daughter’s life.  She was struggling to trust that God really knew what was best for her life. After all, what kind of God lets a child’s mother die, leaving her at the mercy of strangers? Strangers who would come to lead her onto a plane away...
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Today while wandering around town to celebrate our 25th anniversary  (love ya, honey!) John and I ventured into Borders bookstore in the mall. As you may have heard, Borders is running a going-out-of-business liquidation, and being book lovers, we wanted to check it out.  We did find a few books.  I’m trying to get...
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Yesterday evening I sat down to catch up on my blog-reading. Often when I’m skimming through to get caught up, I think ruefully that I need to trim my list. But invariably in reading I find treasure after treasure after treasure. This evening I want to share four such finds with you, from four...
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…is happening next February…. …and it concerns these young folks….       I am all smiles. God is so good.
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The winner of the book giveaway is Erika, commenter #14. And I’ve got at least half a dozen more giveaways planned in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!
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“Mommy?” she says plaintively as I come into her dim room to kiss her before she falls asleep this evening.  “I wish I was seven and a half instead of six and a half.” In a world where all your siblings are older than you, what little one wouldn’t pine to catch up?  But...
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OK, this one is going to be pretty long since the last time I wrote about July food was the 11th.  Overall I would say that my July pantry challenge went well.  We spent $626 in July, which is a good hundred bucks less than average.  And that’s even with not taking the challenge...
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This day left me with exactly zero creativity, so I am treating you to a rambling time line of the day.  Please feel free to wander off to more inspirational writing if you are feeling easily bored at the moment!  8-9:15 AM– Drinking coffee and writing answers for a phone interview with Mike Smith...
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