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A Thankful Mess

It’s always amazing to me how so many hours of preparation and planning culminate in approximately 15 minutes of time around the table eating on Thanksgiving Day.  Everyone so excited to dive into what they’ve been waiting all year to eat.  The perfectly...

Happy Grows

In about 15 hours, Brittany and Brendan will arrive (in the middle of the night!) to join in and add to the happy happening here!  Oh, how I love and have missed my kids.  The laughter, the snuggling, the talks, the putting up lights together, working in the kitchen...

Soaking It In/Soaking In It

I woke up thinking about the talk I have to give next week.  Out loud, I said the phrase, “Bathe it in prayer.” That’s such a “religious”, overused phrase.  It’s become almost cliche.  Another sentence to throw on the pile of...

Addendum to Mama Happy Dance

In the anticipation of the happiness of my mama dance, my mind went faster than my typing fingers.  I realized that in the paragraph in my last post about my dancing getting to the point of frenzy on late Wednesday or early Thursday, I neglected to say why I would be...

Mama Happy Dance

Last night I started my “mama happy dance”!  In the middle of sitting outside in our backyard around the fire with Mark’s colleagues (LOVE those people!), Jesus walked out my back door and came over and gave me a huge bear hug.  Or, rather, he...