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to encourage your heart and
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The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
Breaking Up A Pity Party
I expected some good news yesterday. Something exciting! This news, I felt, could be a breakthrough for me. I expected it because I was given "hints" of it. I told my family and a friend what I was expecting. I couldn't wait. I watched for its arrival all day long....
The Greatest Love
In our seventh year of marriage, Bill and I almost called it quits. I would say it was one of the toughest times both of us had ever walked through.However, as cliche at it may sound, God saved our marriage.We know it was Him, because there was nothing left in us to...
Keep Doing Good!
I come from a family of farmers. I married into a family of farmers. I live, I guess, on what one would call "a farm," and our home is surrounded by farmland. With much family history of farming and where we live, one would think I know a lot about farming. Well, I...
36 More Days!
Whew! What a couple of busy days here!It's snowing again today. The key word here is AGAIN. But friends, there's hope...36 more days until spring!Oh, the thought of that is almost heavenly to me. To be able to step outside without having the bone-chilling air hit me...
A Mom Thing? Or Just Me?
As I sat in anticipation in the elaborate theater this evening, six rows from the front, I was so excited. I felt I could almost jump out of my skin. Our daughter was to my right, and a woman whom I didn't know was to my left. We were at an exhibition showcasing five...
Laundry, Cookies & Missing Lissy
Near me are two baskets of laundry just waiting to be folded. I just finished frosting my freshest batch of Mom's Sugar Cookies. I must say they look pretty yummy! Two of the three of us have already dug into them. Dinner is long over. Dishes and pans are put away....