Month: August 2010
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Amazing Day. Amazing Love. Amazing Grace.
“I’m glad that Jesus died on the Cross, and God’s love is so great that if we could learn to love others that much it would take our whole life and more.” (~Asher) God’s great love. For my son, now His son. Amazing grace. Overwhelming love. Intense joy. Gratefulness at what God has done in…
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Celebrations
“Celebrate the little things in life, appreciate tomorrow…never condemn yourself to a life without cause to celebrate and be thankful for what you have. Never forget the people you love and love them when you have an occasion to do so. Celebrate their life and celebrate yours.” (~Anonymous) Look up “celebration” on google and you’ll…
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Walking Bravely
“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him become so.” (~Thomas Carlyle) They stood on the porch, handsome in their uniforms and hugged and made silly faces and posed for first day of school pictures. I laughed and clicked away, trying to hide the hurt in my heart. Saying good-bye is never easy…
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Freight Train Feelings
…that’s what children are capable of: creating freight train feelings in their parents with a bite of jello, with a single glance, with a sigh they make in sleep. (~From Elizabeth Berg’s Home Safe) We stood together by the sink, my Bella-girl and I, snapping beans and talking about our day. I love her helpful…
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Day’s End
“I like the monotonous drone of the tires on the pavement, the containment in one small space of everything I need in my life…” (~from Elizabeth Berg’s “Caretaking”) As the darkness descended over us yesterday, the hush that covered our mini-van soon followed… the occasional sound of a thumb being sucked, the quiet, “Dad? How…
A Spring of Joy 