I’ve had my share of daydreams about living on permanent vacation, but this wasn’t how I pictured it going down….
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Valley of Blessing
We looked like a normal family. On weekends. Every Friday night, my husband’s plane would land, and we’d cram all…
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A Girl I Once Knew
Doesn’t seem that long ago….. I once knew a girl who had a baby boy—a beautiful fair-haired, blue-eyed little one…
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The Weight of the Wait
Shuffling through my small Kentucky kitchen, I flipped the calendar page. October 2008 — new month of the year, same…
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Remember When
Remember when we went to “Putt-Putt” on Labor Day for our first date —and made it a tradition? I wouldn’t…
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Summer’s Classroom
And—just like that, it’s September. Hi friend, How was your summer? Go anywhere fun? Read any good books? Tackle a…
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Home is (blank)?
Mother’s Day has a way of centering thoughts on home, doesn’t it? For some it’s the home of their youth…
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The Year We Ate Thanksgiving Dinner on a Card Table
As if serving Thanksgiving Pig instead of Thanksgiving Turkey wasn’t breaking with tradition enough, this particular year we’d managed to…
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Relentless Faithfulness
Creeeak, creeeak, back and forth the rusty swing-set moaned as we listened to his unusual words. He’d gotten a new…
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