“One of the greatest gifts that life can give to anyone is the very special love that families share… As…
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Faith & Gratitude
The Habit of Moral Living – Part II
“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but…
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Seeing the Beautiful Things
“Time is a very precious gift of God; so precious that it’s only given to us moment by moment.” ~…
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The Easter Season – A Compilation of Favorites
For this Easter season, several of our family favorites… Amon’s Adventure: A Family Story for Easter I had marked the…
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A Glorious Morning
Often times while our two eldest girls enjoy Drama Troupe, the rest of us troop over to Mama Ann’s for…
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Mud-luscious
This business of play. It’s a dirty job. But someone has to do it. Because play is a child’s job….
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Here and Back Again
Those many years ago, I loaded my car and moved to the west. The call of those majestic mountains, travel,…
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Birthday Tribute
A compiled tribute to Hodgepodgedad. From 2009…. (to the tune of If I only had a brain from Wizard of…
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The Habit of Moral Living – Part One
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition,…
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Thankful hearts
(Photo of framed card by Marjolein Bastin) On this Valentine’s Day we are thankful for hearts. And we have thankful…
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They are watching
Supper on the table for everyone, I gathered my things and blew a kiss goodbye. It was a moms meeting…
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One thousand gifts continued
“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience…
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Christmas Wonder
O star of wonder, star of light, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy…
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