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Thirty-one Days Walking Through Darkness Day Seventeen :: One Can Learn Much...
Her heart hurts today. Fear got the best of her and she is broken. She stood before a giant and she trembled. Her heart wanting to sing, but her mouth could not find the words. The giant was large and...
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Thirty-One Days Walking Through Darkness Day Eighteen :: He meets Me in My...
I had just witnessed a miracle. I watched the love of God at work, as my little girl faced her fear. There are no words to describe what it’s like to stand in His presence. To see Him. Watch Him move...
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Thirty-one Days Walking Through Darkness Day Nineteen :: The Needle Pierced
The procedure was done and all went well. He was scheduled to go home the next day. But in the middle of the night everything would change. The pain came, and the needle would pierce. And my daddy...
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Thirty-one Days Walking Through Darkness Day Twenty :: In My Daddy’s Words...
In these days leading up to my daddy’s last day. I want to share his words to us, at least my take on his words. The ones he would have said had he been able to speak that day. Three years before he...
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Thirty-one Days Walking Through Darkness Day Twenty-One :: In My Daddy’s...
In these days leading up to my daddy’s last day. I want to share his words to us, at least my take on his words. The ones he would have said had he been able to speak that day. Three years before he...
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Thirty-one Days Walking Through Darkness Day Twenty-two :: In My Daddy’s...
In these days leading up to my daddy’s last day. I want to share his words to us, at least my take on his words. The ones he would have said had he been able to speak that day. Three years before he...
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Thirty-one Days Walking Through Darkness Day Twenty-three :: The Choice is Yours
It’s midnight. And as the second hand passed the twelve. The page turned to October 23. Twenty-three officially marks a year. One year. An anniversary. There will be no parties. No candles. No...
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Thirty-One Days Walking Through Darkness Day Twenty-four :: The Day My Daddy...
I see the world in colors and song. I write of it often. But today. This day. As we begin the drive. All’s white. White so thick it’s smothering. The music. I know it’s there. The piano… the drums… I...
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Thirty-one days Walking Through Darkness Day Twenty-five :: Moving Forward
I was clinging to the pain and sorrow. Because it was familiar. Because my thought was… if I let go of the pain, it meant letting go of my daddy and I was not going to do that. So I clung. But God...
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Learning my Place in this World
October 31, came and went and so did the 31 days series right along with it. I know I missed 1, 2, 3 maybe more days before the end. I am not counting. At least not officially. There is a little voice...
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Easter 2012
The sadness overwhelms. Tears well. And I swallow down hard. Images swirl in my mind. Thrashing skin. Thorns entwined. Broken body. Nailed to a broken tree. The words “Father if you are willing, take...
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The Tree.
Joining in with hundreds of others for Five Minute Friday over at LisaJoBaker.com. Here you write for Five minutes with one word as your prompt. No Editing. Just write and publish. This is the first I...
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Finding Purpose in the Midst
In March of 2013, I gave this short testimony at our women’s conference at church. And now nearly a year later, I look back and see how much has changed in our lives and I am thankful that I take time...
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Shoes for the Shoeless
The seed was planted in April 2009. All of us. Me, my husband, my daughter, hovering around a tiny screen, scrolling through pictures of children needing sponsors on the Compassion website. How do you...
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Friends, Circles, Fitting In.
On Fridays, Lisa-Jo Baker invites you to write for 5 minutes without stopping, without editing. 5 minutes on a word prompt. There is a whole bunch of ladies that write and link up and even have a...
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Beauty and the Mess.
On Fridays, Lisa-Jo Baker invites you to write for 5 minutes without stopping, without editing. 5 minutes on a word prompt. There is a whole bunch of ladies that write and link up and even have a...
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Finding Grateful.
On Fridays, Lisa-Jo Baker invites you to write for 5 minutes without stopping, without editing. 5 minutes on a word prompt. There is a whole bunch of ladies that write and link up and even have a...
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Falling into yes.
Today I don’t want to talk about autism, and migraines, and no sleep. I wish we could live without them for just one day. But I really don’t. I wouldn’t trade anything in our lives, not even for one...
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Thirty-one Days of Quiet.
It’s October again, and I keep asking myself what happened to this year? Where have all the days gone? The answer is simple, we chased them away. Tomorrow is the one ear anniversary of living in our...
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Laughter. It is Good Medicine.
We had planned on meeting for weeks, but something always came up and we would cancel. But not this week, we were determined to make this happen. Of course, just as every week prior, everything was...
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