Monthly Archives: January 2013

Wishes and Meekness.

And so I begin memorizing. I print off the cards … I recite the verses to my eldest daughter over our lunch together … she giggles when I make mistakes and corrects me with the “shall” instead of “will.” “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Matthew 5:5 And she asks me, […]

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Apples of Gold

Yesterday, on a rainy, cold grey Sunday in January, our fifth baby girl, Leia Hyacinth, was carried in the arms of our pastor and blessed, dedicating her life to Jesus.       It is an act of promise between parents and the church to raise their little one close to the Heart of God. […]

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Where there’s a Mill, there’s a Way.

 “Oh, God above, if heaven has a taste it must be an egg with butter and salt, and after the egg is there anything in the world lovlier than fresh warm bread and a mug of sweet golden tea?” Frank McCourt, I’ve heard about them before.   You know, the kind of family that homeschools […]

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Raise Me Up.

Do you ever have days where you are low? Very low. And tired. And feeling like you are alone in that feeling. And for silly reasons? Nothing life shattering. Nothing health related … but selfish, petty reasons … like your husband working {way too many} long hours for far too many weeks in a row. […]

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{Five}

“He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.“ – Benjamin Franklin         The thing about a {somewhat} big family is there is always something to celebrate. A blessing to count. […]

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