Category: The Library
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Every Moment
This past weekend was full of so much wonderful. My Bear and Bella were in our little city Christmas parade. Their school created a lovely “Alice in a Winter Wonderland” float, and Bear and his look-a-like buddy from class loved being Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum while Bella girl walked next to it as the 10 of…
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The Howl of Advent: A Repost and Update
“It is Advent right now, and this year especially, I’m really thankful for Advent. Advent is about waiting, anticipating, yearning. Advent is the question, the pleading, and Christmas is the answer to that question, the response to the howl. There are moments in this season when I don’t feel a lot like Christmas, but I…
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Anatevka
Yesterday, my Bella and I curled up to watch the beginning of the Macy’s parade. The guys were away playing football at our church’s annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Bowl, so we turned up the sound and snuggled under blankets. We love the musical performances at 34th Street and she sat enamored with the music and…
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“I Don’t Want to Forget”
This summer I sat with Brian’s sister, Sam, whose heart is so full of love it would make the oceans overflow, and we talked about children. She is the mom of three and waiting to hopefully foster to adopt two more. She told me how she recently sat with a new mom at her church…
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Friendship… and Laughter
As I write this, it is Saturday morning, and I hear banging and sawing and the noise of demolition on the floor below me. In April we tore the floor up in our downstairs bathroom with the plan to just put new floors in. Instead we found rotting boards and part of a wall with…
A Spring of Joy 