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Tag: faith

  • This Not So Exaggerated Life

    The past 6 days…ugh. Here are the highlights: 1 baby root canal 2 dental appointments 2 cars that both failed inspection 4 new Suburban tires 1 very rude car mechanic 1 broken AC condensations thingy – wet basement 1 dead cherry tree 3 sick children 2 unexpected massive medical bills 1 unexpected doctor’s appointment 2…

  • Slippers

    I can tell I’ve changed because all I want to do is find a way to spend the whole day in my slippers.  Believe me, I’ve never been a stay in your pjs all day kinda gal.  I think it might be my Army brat upbringing.  We just didn’t lounge around at our house.  And,…

  • Tripping Over Baskets

    So is anyone else completely overwhelmed by laundry?  Can I please just have a day where it’s all done and it actually stays done?  Could my children just stop wearing so many clothes?  Oh, and the damp towels!!  I mean, really, how can people use so many towels in one week? I think all I…

  • Stuck in My Head

    You know how sometimes something just sticks in your head like a commercial jingle?  Thankfully the one sticking in my head is a song by Shane and Shane which has the refrain, “My grace, my grace, my grace is sufficient, my grace is sufficient.”  It runs through my head over and over again reminding me…

  • My Two-by-Four (P.S. It has a happy ending)

    Recently I’ve been struck, like a two-by-four, by the loss of dreams.  It seems we all have lost dreams.  I’ve lost some dreams that I thought were givens.  The biggest being my “til death do us part” marriage.  Lately my dream of a happily ever after seems a bit out of reach as well.  I’ve realized…