My 16-year-old daughter just got her drivers license. What an exciting day! But it didn’t start out that way. It started with a plea to practice parallel parking—one.more.time. And so we did. It wasn't her best execution of the skill--which resulted in an emotional moment. Then we headed to the DPS ...
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Life WITH The Gift of Peace
Christmas Day is about a week away, and the airwaves are filled with Christmas music. One of the major themes you hear is peace. It's in most every traditional Christmas carol.
--Listen to what I say, pray for peace, people everywhere!
--Now ye need not fear the grave; Peace! Peace! Jesus ...
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Five Minute Friday: Free
It's Friday and time for some free writing! This week's prompt is FREE. Oh, how I love this.
In less than a week, my girls will start Summer Band ... from 7-4:45. For them, summer break will effectively be over. So today we escaped to the beach for one of our last summer fun times.
A few ...
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Hurried, Worried, and Upset
As I focus on Being instead of Doing this year, I find myself very aware of my time and how I want to invest it. The first week of school after Christmas break is invariably chock full of appointments--regardless of how hard I try to keep it light. (Ahhh... there it is again--the word try.) For the ...
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Reflecting on Grace
Each time He said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)
I am not a fan of pain. I can do without it! As a general rule, however, I think that pain and ...
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