Clanging alarm. Click of the snooze. Waking and dreaming collide. Clanging alarm. Click of the snooze. “Let’s talk awhile.” Weighty eyelids wrestle with the gravity of sleep. Thoughts. Thankfulness. Roll out of bed. Trees sway outside the big windows. It is day. This day. God’s own day. Whirring grinder. Wonderful […]
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There are 143 million orphans in the world today. It would take thousands of words and blog posts to explain all that has been happening in my heart this year with regard to that one sentence. I have felt like an observer at my own operation: watching God-the-surgeon peel back […]
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Today – July 2 – is the anniversary of the day that we loaded our suitcase, our baby and a bag of Salsa Kettle Chips into our car for a quick trip to Black Butte to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday with my family. Whitney was 13 months old […]
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Today is the birthday of my beloved Katie. She has been my assistant for two years and my friend for way longer. While I’m sure being my assistant looks like a job loaded with glitz and glamor around every turn…it’s actually…um…not so much. And she is great, great at keeping […]
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Blog confessional #427: I LOVE Egg McMuffins. Love ’em! Recently my friend, Debbie, told me a wonderful thing. In fact, it’s so fantastic that I don’t know how it escaped my attention all these years and I’m totally excited to pass it on to you. Ready? Here it is: she […]
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