Monthly Archives: February 2013

Cheer.

It’s only forty days long … a simple forty days … just as long as Jesus was alone in the desert … but in these forty days, a simple gesture of giving one’s self up in an thought-provoking way to honor a Glorious King …     “What would you like to give up to […]

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I’m Glad I Said No.

I’m thankful I said no … to rushing about and being overbooked for our family this season. I’m thankful  I said no to committing myself and my energy to programs that would’ve taken my time away from my family. I’m thankful I said no … because in this moment, there is enough time to hold […]

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Against the Grain.

A friend knocked at my door today and, with a worried tone in her voice, ask me if I was okay.   Oh yes, everything’s great – except poor sick, under-the-weather babies – but yes, everything’s fine!, I said as I opened the door and gestured her inside.  Why do you ask? She explained – […]

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Whole World.

  They are taped to the dresser. Hidden in their Valentine’s envelopes. Piled beside their pillow on their bedside table. And pinned to the high chair. Hand written love notes … every note saying why each daughter is loved and cherished by God and our family … leading up to Valentine’s Day … words of […]

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Germs. [Who Needs Them?]

It’s been the week of a sickness that just lingers and lingers. We cannot seem to shake it. There has been a lot of sleeping and holding and crying and coughing [and some other not so pretty symptoms]. The little ones are not easily settled. I’ve just laid baby Leia’s warm body back into her […]

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