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Of course not all women, all of the time—still this is a lovely tribute to women and every stanza describes a woman I am privileged to know.

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Relationships

Under A Dark Tree Called Envy

  Under the dark shadow of a tree called envy distorted all things will appear lines and contours grotesquely twisted the horizon stands up on its ear   The world and reality bent out of shape by a heart so damaged it just can’t see straight pride greed and malice companions these three cling tightly […]

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Passions & Pursuits

A Beautifully Written Story About The World’s Largest Laundromat

[getty src=”139627528?et=3tOp5aitR-5Mbonensr-FA&sig=5d6f4CS7Gy17teFmNjC7yWchRY1nz0p4-AkRpCCQ8OM=” width=”508″ height=”337″] It’s a rainy morning—FINALLY! (I live in drought plagued California) While skimming through my emails I found one from Ann Handley, the author of Everybody Writes. I subscribed to Ann’s site because I want to be a better writer, but also because she’s a guide to the good stuff on the […]

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Kids

This Is A Job For Every Christian Grandmother

[getty src=”124157987?et=Vii-PnYeQFFPVSXfe4lmCQ&sig=HNnjdO7vh_EbCWDyoKIGf_SgH68CGu6gu70XxFids_0=” width=”507″ height=”338″]   What’s in a name? Are you a Grandma, a Gammy, a Grams, a Mimsy, a Nana, a Nona, a Noni, an Ona, or as Sheldon Cooper would say—a Mee-maa? It doesn’t matter as much what your grandkids call you—it matters that you call on the Lord for them. This morning […]

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A Great New Website For Making Infographics

   Today I discovered a great tool for blogging. It’s called easel.ly and you can find it at http://www.easel.ly I love discovering and sharing cool Infographics, but I just don’t have the skills to make them on my own. Until now!!!!! Hurray for the probably 20 year old freaky-gifted people who can make them and thought […]

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God

I Will Worship You

I Will Worship You   Without the eloquence of a David the fiery passion of an Isaiah or the intimate knowledge of a Paul In my own way I will worship You   For the world and everything in it declare divine design and infinite power An incomparable mind offering itself and all to us […]

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Relationships

Do You Know The Way To Your Man’s Heart?

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. Brendan Francis   How well do you know your husband? This year we’ll celebrate our 30th anniversary and yet this week I learned something new about my guy.  That’s great because it opened up another way to show him how much […]

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Spiritual

Do You Know When To Say “It’s Enough LORD”?

  It’s OK to admit you have limitations? We are all just human. You’ve heard that a 1000 times.  You’ve said it yourself. But I’ll bet you’ve gone on day after day without telling God that you’re at your wits end with the kids, or you simply can’t get everything around the house done on […]

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Life

Why You’re Not In Heaven Yet.

  To that one thief on the cross next to Him Jesus said, “Today you’ll be with Me in Paradise.” Why aren’t we? In Paradise I mean. If we’ve believed at, say, 7 years old, then why don’t we just blink and find ourselves in heaven. Or maybe 17 like I was when I first […]

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Humor

It’s Raining Cats And Dogs

Unlikely Pairs Part #2 It’s now a rainy evening and while curled on the sofa I’m exploring tumblr to see what’s new. I just found this and thought it was a nice sequel to this morning’s post. http://input-image.tumblr.com/post/110399356631/gifsboom-cat-gets-comfortable-on-a-husky Do you have a tumblr blog?   I fill mine with all the images and quotes I […]

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