Review: Multiple Blessings by Jon and Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson
Eight children in three years? Impossible! Kate and Jon Gosselin have learned that through God, all things are possible – though sometimes slightly improbable. Just three years after giving birth to twin daughters, Kate and Jon learned she was pregnant again – with sextuplets. Kate candidly chronicles the emotional and exhausting challenges she and Jon…
Read More A Sign of Spring?
At the end of every summer I bring all my potted plants into our bedroom and set them in our west window, hoping to keep them alive for the next summer. One of my favorites to have on the porch in the summer is a gerbera daisy. Yesterday, I came into our bedroom and was…
Read More Review: The Shack by William P Young
Mackenzie Allen Phillips’s youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to…
Read More How Will I Make A Difference?
I have thought about what I want to accomplish this year and how I can make a difference. I have focused a lot on myself because I believe that if I feel happy, then I am more likely to make a difference to others because of my attitude. So, here goes… 1. Pray more often…I…
Read More Merry Christmas to You!
“Christmas waves a magic wand…and behold everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norman Vincent Peale. I wish each of you a Very Merry Christmas and may you remember the magical gift we were all given…the birth of Jesus Christ. I pray that you know Him and will celebrate His birth.
Read More Snow Is Magical!
We had a snowstorm yesterday and another expected tomorrow. This morning when I woke up everything was quiet and covered in that footprint free, perfect snow. This quote from J.B. Priestley describes it quite well for me… “The first fall of snow…is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and…
Read More Blessings and a Recipe
Yesterday was our 1st afterschool program at church that I talked and prayed about in a previous post. We knew for sure we would get 8-10 kids, we hoped for more, we planned for 25 and we had 22 kids in attendance! We were blessed by each one of them and excited to have kids…
Read More God is good!
A few weeks ago I agreed to be a part of a new program at our church. We are starting a weekly “After School Jams” program for kids in the community to come and hang out after school. We are having music, snacks and activities. Now in our small town (700) and our even smaller…
Read More 5 Years Ago
Five years ago, on another Saturday morning, I was sitting at the table having breakfast, reading the paper while our 2 and 3 year olds were playing. My husband had left for his office to do some work. We had just had a fun night of trick-or-treating with my husband’s family and found out that…
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