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Teach Us to Number Our Days
Read more: Teach Us to Number Our DaysLast week, a friend from college lost her son. He had a complicated medical diagnosis and for the past five years, I have watched his family care for and celebrate him. My friend shared his life in a Facebook group, so I was able to watch them celebrate milestones like learning to play with toys,…
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Resources for Organizing Your Home
Read more: Resources for Organizing Your HomeI’d like to pass along some of my favorite resources for keeping my home organized. I’m a big fan of spaces that are pretty and just as highly functional. Over the years, as my kids have grown up a little, I’ve been working hard at organizing our home. I want everything to have a place…
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Thoughts on the Fatal Shooting of Daunte White
Read more: Thoughts on the Fatal Shooting of Daunte WhiteI’ve been letting my words sit for a little bit because I want to speak truth and life and have my emotions under control. But I have some words I need to share. If for no other reason than to get them out of my soul. I’ve done my best with my words, knowing and…
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Celebrating Marked Days
Read more: Celebrating Marked DaysI recently heard a therapist say that sometimes our bodies remember significant days before our minds catch up to our sub-conscience. She explained that sometimes we’ll be having a hard day emotionally or physically and then realize that it’s an anniversary of something hard, a trauma. Her remarks have had me thinking through my days…
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A Word for When You Feel a Tug to Compare
Read more: A Word for When You Feel a Tug to CompareDo you ever feel like there are times when God keeps putting something right in front of your face? Almost as if you’ve casually thought about something before and apparently God wanted more thought about it because he brought it up, and then brought it up again, and then again…well that happened to me this…
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A Word on Leaving
Read more: A Word on LeavingYesterday at church, the speaker made a small point, almost as a side note, and it caught my attention. I’ve been meditating on it since and I wanted to share: In Hebrews 11, Moses is acknowledged as a man of faith. Verses 24-26 say “By faith Moses, when he had grown up. Refused to be…
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Helpful Process for Overcoming Anxious Moments
Read more: Helpful Process for Overcoming Anxious MomentsHelpful Process for Overcoming Anxious Moments Last week I experienced a trigger from past trauma and it started to turn into a whole thing. If you’ve ever had anxiety, you know what I’m talking about. I feel fine, I am healing and have done so much hard work to overcome anxiety about some things that…
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Hosting a Meal That’s Food-Allergy Friendly
Read more: Hosting a Meal That’s Food-Allergy FriendlyWe’re a family with food allergies. We have a child with several food allergies including gluten, dairy, and soy. She was diagnosed with food sensitivities several years ago now, but when we first joined that club it was shocking. I just had no idea how much the food we were eating was full of common…
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Studying the Book of Hebrews
Read more: Studying the Book of HebrewsBack in fall 2020, I started a study on the book of Hebrews. Even growing up in the church, it’s not a book I knew a lot about. I can’t even say that I read through it other than my “read through the bible in a year” I did once or twice. I embarked on…
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Book Review of Restoration House
Read more: Book Review of Restoration HouseInterior design books are probably my favorite genre to read. I love reading people’s stories and how they got to the home they have now. I have never read a design book that was so gospel-minded. I couldn’t put the book down and was constantly talking and processing what I was reading. Kennesha breaks the…