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And Just Like That…
…my Ash is ten. So this morning I told Ash that part of the manhood ritual of turning 10 was a name change and we were changing his name to Ishbosheth. We will call him Ish instead of Ash from now on. He wasn’t buying it. He ducked his head, hair falling over his eyes,…
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Brothers…Friends
Tomorrow we are having Bear’s birthday party. He’s having a joint party with a friend who is 11 days younger than him, and it has been one of the primary topics of discussion for the week. Even now, as the boys head up to their room to get ready for bed they are scheming. I…
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GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!
The night before last I had a dream. I was playing soccer with Bri and the kids. This wasn’t some backyard soccer game; it was a real game on real turf against real pros. We were all in professional uniforms, and we knew what we were doing. However, we couldn’t keep up with the other…
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Joys are Coming
“Joys are always on the way to us. They are always traveling to us through the darkness of the night. There is never a night when they are not coming.” (~Amy Carmichael) Joys are coming. I am clinging to this these days. My heart is spinning faster than my head, and it seems at every…
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Sticky Notes
The sticky notes are all different colors–royal blue, goldenrod, bright orange–but they all say the same thing. I love you, Mom, so so so so so so much. They appear on my pillow, my mirror, my computer, and sometimes he just walks right up to me and sticks one on my shirt. My Bear. His…
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A Spring of Joy 