Blessings In Double It was my art that connected us. She was recently parted from a bad marriage, without a job, and without a home. She was broken and desperately needed encouragement. I told her I would pray. She longed for a calendar but she had no money. To both satisfy her desire and preserve […]
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The Happy Car Accident July 18, 2020 was a hard day. I had received a text message from our daughter saying that her fiancé had been in a car accident. A few minutes later he video called, clearly in shock and needing stitches. As a mother what do you do? What do you tell your
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Is Your GPS Turned On? I’m a small town girl. I lived most of my life in a remote community with one flashing pedestrian light that was seldom used. When we moved to Oregon I was overwhelmed and didn’t drive for the first two months. Seven years later my driving skills have adapted, however when
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Cat in The Kitchen She was the cutest little kitten you have ever seen. Although she was of no intentional breeding her appearance was much like a Chocolate Point Himalayan. Priscilla, as we named her, came to live with us two weeks after we were married. She was our baby and because of the occasion,
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What Are You Doing God? Did I Hear You Right? After a long series of faith building events, we sold everything except my husband’s tools and a few personal effects. We took what would fit in our work truck and car, and said good-bye to the town and country I had called home for nearly
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Electric Blue Mud Pies & Fear of Punishment Recently I was sent the cutest video of our 17 month old granddaughter scooping handfuls of mud from one puddle and taking it and dropping it in another. She was COVERED in mud. I guess she comes by it honestly as it triggered memories of my own
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Unless You Become As A Little Child He was tall and thin with a warm friendly smile. I didn’t know much about him but remember feeling sad as his family lived in another country. Archie, as this was his name, was black. Growing up in northern British Columbia, Canada seldom would you see a black
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Cryptic Pregnancies & The Second Coming My husband rolls his eyes at us and thinks we’re crazy, but my oldest daughter and I both have a fascination with stories of women giving birth without even knowing they were pregnant. Maybe it’s partly envy not only did I know I was pregnant while I carried our
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Young Romance & Blazing Fires As I was walking this morning a wild rose bush covered in blossoms transported me to another time and another place. I was a young girl walking with my parents. The ditch beside the road was covered in wild roses. I watched as my dad picked the perfect rosebud and
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A Willing Donkey Have you ever come to a situation where you knew the answer to someones question, but you felt inadequate… you just didn’t think that you could find the right words? You may have felt guilty that you didn’t try to share or you comforted yourself with the thought that God would send
