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"Am I Four Yet?"
He asks each day, as if it’s the one thing he has been waiting for his whole little life. My strong little man finally attains his goal today. Now onto the next year ahead…but before we jump forward I wanted to celebrate this last year. The year was full of aches and pains and struggles…
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His Mercies are New
Finally, the sun’s warmth melts away the snow. Today’s beginning was new. The morning seemed more open to opportunities. The cloud of desperation, lifted. How symbolic the weather today! As my daughter sat perched up on our porch singing, “Hallelujah! The sun is out. The day is sooooo beautiful.” My heart sang with joy, too.…
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Endurance
Spirits down. Heavy burdened. Trying desperately to see the blessing in the trial. But it hit swiftly this morning. As my two year old proudly took his glass cup to the sink and threw it into the glass piled dishes in the sink, glass shrapnels fall on the floor, in the sink, on the counter…on…
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Taking Him Out, Drawing Me In
Tomorrow he was supposed to go back to school. My little man. But he won’t be returning to his little preschool this season. Not that they did anything wrong. But I chose to listen to that whisper that kept reappearing no matter how many times I would push it away. Have you ever had a…
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Goodnight Moon (A Tribute)
Goodnight Moon (A Tribute)In the great tan roomThere was an old cell phoneAnd a half inflated basketballAnd a picture of three boys jumping to the moonAnd there were three little boys not staying in their bedsAnd two shredded booksAnd a pair of monkeys made of socksAnd a clothes pileAnd a bucket full of blocksAnd camelbaks…
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Thankful for Miracles
I thought, how could I write about such great things Our Great Physician is doing in such a small box called “status” on Facebook. It has been a month now. I have mulled and chewed and continue to do so. My little American brain cannot fully grasp what happened. Only my Savior and through my…
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The Journey to…Wait.
You know the great history of the Israelites escaping the wrath of the Pharoah? The leave this land of slavery, of constant belittling, no rights to a place unknown. Just following a guy named Moses, who claims he and God are chums. That God actually speaks to them. I try to think of a modern…
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A Mighty Rushing Wind
Josh was fired. I never thought I would hear those words, as my husband is the hardest worker I have ever known. A dedicated man. But there in that sentence lied freedom. Who knew that within that moment of hearing those words, a burden was lifted. Losing a job, a burden lifted? Wait, that doesn’t…
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"Oh I Would Never…"
My heart pumped loudly as I braced myself for another battle. The smell of chlorine in the air. The child watch attendants back to check in another family that was willing and ready to go into the play room. But here, my son, my sweet and strong and defiant son was not willing to go…
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Today
Today. I stay at home. Nothing to do but the comforting tasks of being a mom. I realize in the quiet moments…my heart is shifting. A door is closing. A light is shining. Breaking through the hard darkness. Don’t know if it will be the end of such hard soul growing times. But I feel…