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Family

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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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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If You Could Only Love More

07.03.2012

“Both of you heard stories about someone who needed forgiveness-Saul and David.  But, who needs to be forgiven in our house?”  I ask it over Sunday lunch. ‘All of us,’ he said.  ’Even Elaine.’ Jason and I exchange glances across the table because we know this is too true–we know that all of us, especially [...]

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Oh Boy, I Do Pray for You

07.02.2012

Oh boy, could you really be my boy for all these years?  When the doctor said not to push, I just couldn’t help it and you rushed headlong into this world.  Your Daddy announced it loud and happy, ‘It’s a boy!’   I couldn’t believe it, could not believe it.  Hours later, I was still [...]

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The One Thing Daddy Needs This Year

06.14.2012

There are days that pass when I forget to pray for him, forget to ask God to live in him fully, to abide in him, to change him fully into Christ’s likeness.  There are days that I can do nearly everything while thinking of him and yet neglect to do this one thing that he [...]

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When You’re Wondering How to Say ‘Thank You’ on Father’s Day

06.06.2012

Sometimes words fail me for all these Hallmark holidays.  The Father’s Day cards were simple when I was smaller and then in my twenties, I was able to write and recount some of my fondest memories.  But, as the years keep passing, I wonder, ‘Is this really all I have to say?  Is this the [...]

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Celebrate Easter: No More Complaining

04.02.2012

My boy opens his eager mouth wide and swallows the matza and the bitter herbs whole-how could it not be something good? But then it comes, the look on his face as the bitterness hits his throat.  He’s surprised and shaken.  We pass him some water and tell him to wait-that the next dip will [...]

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What to Look for In a Man

03.26.2012

I can still remember that first day I looked at you.   A boiling hot July day in Texas and you sat there, looking (unfortunately) a little less than interested.  I can remember watching you through those summer and fall days, looking at how you made friends and talked and quietly walked the halls, hands [...]

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Ways to Work at Marriage-A Book List

02.16.2012

To make this marriage work, we’ve got to keep working at this marriage.  As Tim Keller said, ‘Marriage is like a garden-you’ve got to tend it and prune it and care for it.’  This union is holy and mysterious and it just won’t work if we ignore it.  Here’s a list of books God’s used [...]

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What Love’s Got to Do With It

02.14.2012

We sat close and I stammered out Ephesians 1 in Greek…preparing for the final exam later that week. I looked up at him, eyes I didn’t know existed six months before, and he just said it, out loud, right there. ‘I love you.’ When I’d told Mom and Dad that I’d never get married, that [...]

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