Category: The Library
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Summer Mantra
The fragrance of honeysuckle hangs in the air, an intoxicating fog filling our backyard. The crickets are starting to chirp as evenings wane. We’ve seen our first few lightning bugs, drunk our first Slurpees, and run around barefoot in the backyard. Summer’s warm days are finally here as thunderstorms electrify the skies and my summer…
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Voices
The sun is shining today, the birds are singing through my bedroom window as I curl up this morning with my pile of books around me trying to decide what to delve into first. I will open them all today at some point, I am sure. I have read already of God’s great love for…
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Grace Abundant
It wasn’t the weekend we had planned. Months ago we set up a time to go tour Gettysburg with my parents, taking them camping in Merlin, our RV upgrade. As day after day of rain poured down in May, we wondered if we should reschedule, wait for better weather. What to do? Then, a break…
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These Last Days
These last days have been good and hard and encouraging and beautiful and bittersweet. A couple of months ago after long talks with my Brian, aching prayers with my God, heart-to-hearts with my children, and deep discussions with close friends, we made the choice for me to stop working. Tomorrow will be last day doing…
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These Good Gifts
It is dark and windy as I write this, the rain lashes our old farmhouse in torrents. The children curl up in our den with me and we watch the puddles form on the road, waiting for Brian to return from the store. Cooper snuggles close. We are not fearful, just fascinated with how quickly…
A Spring of Joy 