Baked Herb-Crusted Chicken ~~~~~~~~ Also, don’t miss an interview and giveaways of THREE COPIES my books happening this week at: Cultivating Home and Making Home Now I’m off to swim lessons– as soon as I fix the failed elastic in my son’s swimsuit, that is.  Such a glamorous life I lead.
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Every once in awhile I imagine what it will be like to have my youngest children, my babies, all grown up, and have huge pangs of grief. I love my little kids. The feel of their hands in mine. The funny things that come out of their mouths. Their small...
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ohmygoodness. I’ve read this precious story three times already. Be prepared to cry. And rejoice.
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~~~~~ Last time we spoke, You said you were hurting, And I felt your pain in my heart, I want to tell you, That I keep on praying, Love will find you where you are, I know cause I’ve already been there, So please hear these simple truths, Be strong in the Lord and, Never give up hope, You’re going to do great things, I already...
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The other day I was at the grocery store with my two youngest daughter. Down the aisle toward us came a couple with two preschoolers. One was crying and the other was whining. The mom looked at my girls, who were being quiet at the moment, and as she was passing me, she...
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I just discovered a great blog called Man of Depravity.  The most recent post shares some interesting links about the controversial Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow.  The ad, sponsored by Focus on the Family, is getting much negative press because of its clear pro-life stance.  I say hooray to Tim Tebow for fearlessly...
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Our new Teaching Textbooks computer math program came a couple weeks ago, and I am completely loving it. Setting it up for multiple kids on one computer was a bit tricky– basically you create user accounts on the computer for every kid and install the program into each user.   But once we got all...
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I am very crankily plowing through taxes so that I can then plow through the FAFSA twice in a row — once for each of my college students. Thus I leave you with a post from my husband, showing you the wonders he worked in my spice cupboard. Now it is even better...
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Will y’all do me a favor today?  If you don’t yet know my dear friend Kelli, will you go to her blog and read her story?  She’s a 45 year old wife and mom of two kids.  Her life for the past several years has been one of illness and kidney dialysis and innumerable...
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