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Haven’t we all had a teacher who made a subject come alive for us? Their excitement and passion about geometry/chemistry/English literature brought forth a tangible understanding of that subject so that we shared that excitement, engaging and hungering to learn more. Those subjects then became a foundation, rock solid, for additional growth throughout life. Sometimes,
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During His last hours on the cross, in pain, struggling to breathe and trusting in God to release Him from His misery, Jesus was still able to provide for those He loved– His disciple John and His mother, giving them to one another to love and care for each other. When I think of my
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This idea of renouncing our worldly comforts goes against our consumerist brains in a painful and fearful manner. However, let us look at a few things outside of the realm of “wealth and riches” to get a glimpse of life without a focus on materialistic desires—and let us imagine letting go of our riches so
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When we bought the house we had 2 living areas, which was great for a while, however, as the kids grew, we converted one living room to a bedroom which was shared by girls, then boys and then as our oldest’s room as our youngest son left for college. We have played musical rooms MANY
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We have 2 bathrooms, both are small, but proportional to our 1972 house, and both had “issues”. Loose tiles in the tub and shower, floor tile/linoleum that was hard to clean and an overall dingy appearance. For our master we opted to gut it and start fresh. Au revoir to the pink square tiles, too-short-for-Hubby
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Remember that little house that God bought? The house that God bought Welp. She got a reno! This little 1972 ranch has now come into 2020. A project that monopolized all of our Corona-quarantine time. When we first started, I shared a little house paint/office demo here. We still have some exterior stuff to do—wrapping up
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John 6:51-58 In today’s Gospel Reading, Jesus emphatically and repeatedly proclaims that He is the bread of life and partaking in His body and blood will bring eternal life, entwining us with Christ–the one and only true sustenance. Jesus doesn’t say that the bread and blood represent him or are a likeness or symbol of
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look like crap before they look good We were stuck in our house too long with the “stay-at-home” orders and decided to paint and discuss renovations. Pandora’s box, anyone??? That went well. anyway. here we are. hopefully I have some lovely pics to show you in a couple of months. In the meantime, here’s the
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This sweet girl of mine just graduated high school. Well, actually, there hasn’t been the “actual” graduation yet because COVID-19. However, school is done. Boxes are checked. Grad announcements mailed out. Done-ZO!! She also graduated from our local state college with her AA degree and so at 18 she is half-way through college and hoping
making the trek
Trekking through life: Faith, family, friends and a whole lot of coffee!
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