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Everyday Relationships

A Small Thing: Play

11.08.2012

We sat and talked about how her babies were no longer and she wondered how many years she really had still had with them, how much time was left.  Her oldest was already a teenager and she said it with tears brimming, ‘I hope I haven’t lost him.’ She told me how she used to [...]

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5 Ways to Starve the Vanity Monster

10.19.2012

It’s no wonder they call it a vanity mirror. Does a mirror every do more for me than make me want to look more, change more, be a little more vain?  Since day one, Jesus has been working away inside of me to help me care less about the outside of me.  I really do [...]

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A Little Explaining to Do

10.18.2012

I really should explain.  I used to be here so frequently, almost daily, and almost always in the early morning.  But, if you are gracious enough to come by here often, you know I haven’t been keeping up this Fall.   As we’ve started officially homeschooling this Fall, the added responsibility of actually having to [...]

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What the Scarecrows are Telling You

10.03.2012

It’s October and the scarecrows are hanging in the neighborhood again and our Bible reading plan has us in Jeremiah this month.  So, I’m remembering this post from last October… We sat there in those wing-back chairs, both wanting to be right.  I’d had this beautiful stone on my ring finger for two months.  We’d [...]

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A Small Thing: 5 Everyday Ways to Do Him Good

09.21.2012

It’s wild to think that I thought the best way to get him to love me better was to pout or moan or hold back or shut down. Not sure where it says in Scripture to manipulate your husband into loving you more, to be passive and aggressive. It’s hard to believe that God’s Word [...]

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The Rest of the Story

09.20.2012

When my boss sent pink flowers and ‘Congratulations!’ he wrote a little something more: ‘The Rest is History!’ And he knew this better than I, him with three grown children of his own. Everyone warns you but no one can really prepare for the way that these little ones can wear you right out.  What [...]

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When the Toys are Too Important

08.24.2012

She grabs the little yellow plastic character and dances it all around, singing her little song.  And he, previously busy with drawing, realizes she’s got his toy. And he reaches out to grab it back. She’s totally forgotten about that doll at the bottom of her box.  But for her younger sister, this old doll [...]

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For the Dishonorable Moments-Conversation Helps for Mamas

08.08.2012

You’re sorry?   For what? Come closer, I still can’t hear you. What’s that?  You stuck your tongue out at me?  (I’m pretending to be surprised after overhearing Daddy send you upstairs to apologize.) Hmmm, well, why in the world would you stick your tongue out at me after I’d turned around?  I would’ve liked [...]

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The Thing that Could Finally Make Your Kids Happy

07.27.2012

‘If I could, sweet girl, I would love to buy you this one thing.’ ‘What, Mama, what would you get me?’ ‘I would buy you contentment. Because that’s really the only thing that will finally make you happy with all these things.’ ‘What’s contentment?’ ‘It’s satisfaction, peace, a sweet place of rest. I could buy [...]

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5 House Rules that Welcome Christ to Rule

07.20.2012

Ever since we walked across the first apartment’s threshold together, we’ve been trying to make sense of this place called, ‘home.’ We’ve known from the beginning that we don’t want this place to be known for what’s not done here, but more for what we do. So, we’ve tried to keep the list of rules [...]

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