Category: The Hearth
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My Cup Overflows
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson And so my list continues with… You. I am grateful for the prayers and friendships He has given me. God’s provision and protection. So often I don’t even realize it’s there. No chemo! Licking beaters and chocolate-covered…
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The Unthankful Heart…
…discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~Henry Ward Beecher So I continue on my quest to find the blessings in every day, in every hour. 228. Curling up by warm heaters on…
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From The Lips Of My Children…
… more reminders of God’s gifts. While rocking Bella to bed on the last night of open windows, she heard the crickets outside and whispered, “Mommy, dat music outside is singing for me.” While helping my Buddy get ready for school, “Oh, I hope Bear wakes up soon. I don’t want to miss telling him…
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THIS Is Why I Won’t Plant A Garden
Some of you will look at this and think, “BANG!” Others will cry, “Mother? Mother?” like Bambi in an attempt to make me cry yet again over a movie I’ve watched a hundred times. I; however, love the fact that I can wake up on crisp, fall mornings, as tendrils of fog swirl around the…
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Greeted By Miracles
“Oh give thanks to the unfathomable… whose miracles greet us every morning.” (from Stephen Mitchell’s Book of Psalms) The exuberance of my Buddy, the imagination of my Bear, the spirit of my Bella… gifts of joy from His hands. Autumn’s chill and the fragrance of wood-smoke. Playing chase and capturing laughs. Bible study girls! Trying…
A Spring of Joy 