I Belong

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable – Bondai People Proverb Recently I sat with a sweet friend who began to share some of her life story with me. I wept as the horrific details spilled out. It was more than I could almost fathom as she shared of her childhood and the shattered life she […]

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The Best Prize

“The days are long but the years are short “- Gretchen Rubin Nobody ever mentioned to me when I was in the thick of exhaustion in the jungles of diaper changing, wiping 4 snotty noses and toting a million pound diaper bag on my hip that while those days were busy and hard, how equally […]

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Impossible Possibility

Recently something happened in my day that gave me a flashback to some pretty scary moments that happened over two decades ago. Lowell & I were serving as missionaries in Haiti where we lived close to the beautiful Caribbean, far out in the boondocks away from the civilized world we were used to here at […]

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Peopling

I am married to a dear man who creates his own words. As I was pondering the title of this particular writing, I decided to look into if peopling was actually a word or if hubby was wearing off on me. The Urban Dictionary notes peopling as the ability to tolerate people and their stupidity […]

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What Grief Is Not

As the ebb and flow of my own personal grief continues, I remain astounded at the fragile sometimes painful ties that bind my heart to others who grieve.  Conversations especially with other mamas who have lost often turn to what might be our own triggers for the resurfacing of what we thought was done like […]

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A Spoonful of Comfort

Today my precious baby should be turning 11. Instead we are in year 7 of her living in Heaven. Grief has not been gracious to me pound wise. This year, I have taken some drastic steps to change my habits and hopefully my thought process in the kitchen, which has always been a haven to […]

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Must Have Muffins

Over the summer, I came face to face with some pretty big decisions. With the last few years being ones I spent very sick, I had acquired quite a few pounds my doctors referred to as Prednisone pounds. With some of the health challenges I have had, diabetes has been on the radar for quite […]

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