http://wheresmybackpack.com/category/weekly-travel-themes/ Hello, This is my first time joining your Travel Theme posts. Because we bloggers are a diverse and geographically widespread group, this is a coast to coast entry!

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/photo-challenge-threshold/ Have you ever loved and been loved by a dog? There’s a beautiful thing, a thing we should learn from dogs. Every encounter is fresh, like it’s the first. They don’t collect relationship baggage. They don’t keep score. They don’t hide their feelings and vulnerability. A dog is all in, all the time. It’s […]

[getty src=”181468690?et=a0TM7jM5P0iuKfn8n2nU5A&sig=BqLIeBxiJpAz8m_FJTQnWRUvBareekEglSuiJXSDgBQ=” width=”507″ height=”407″] Thoughts on swimsuit readiness, skinny Italian Chefs, and DIY Spiritual Fitness advice from Jude. Are you ready for summer and swimsuit weather? Yikes!!! Not quite ready for that just yet? Neither am I. Today I got on the Nordic Track to work out while watching the Food Network. Afterwards I felt […]

[getty src=”93275477?et=WTDCVUY0U0i2o8qVfOyx1Q&sig=j2vf4SIkpd74TL2oa1PBl4Awmt63f0ppzTxR2-lTCoc=” width=”477″ height=”428″] The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Jeremiah 31:3 A new baby will be joining our family any time now. We’re all ON CALL and ready to drive, babysit, pace the floor, and […]

What’s the use of loving someone in a way that doesn’t feel like love to them? My daughter told me about a book the Young Marrieds group was reading. It’s about how to effectively communicate your love in a way the other person actually perceives as love. You’re speaking their language! That got me thinking. […]

Today is another opportunity for mindfulness.   For paying attention to what God has been speaking to me throughout March.   I started doing this because Emily Freeman graciously made a place for us to share on her blog.   I really enjoy it and even those of you that don’t blog might find it […]

Some Bible verses can always make me smile. Psalms 84:11 is one of those verses. Today it cheered me through a cloudy rainy morning. It says, God is a sun and shield. That translates to warmth and protection. He gives favor and honor. Also known as grace and glory. God doesn’t hold back anything good […]

I made this for my husband who recently received the prestigious “Lowest Maintenance Husband” Award. No joke, he’s a keeper. And all the single gals said, “Where can we get one of those?” He also knows how to slow dance. Sweet 😀 NEW TOPIC: I’ve shared with you before about PicMonkey. (smart & curious types […]

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