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Archive for the ‘Spiritual lessons’ Category
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If it isn’t one thing…
…it’s another. This is the phrase that was going through my mind yesterday morning. The last week has been one of those times where it just seems like one thing on top of another on top of another — you …
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A southern gospel legacy
One of the first things my husband ever gave me was a business card. I was 14; he was 16. That was soooo incredibly cool to me. It was a business card for his family’s singing group, The Shannons. …
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A big spiritual toddler
One the challenges going on in our house right now is dealing with the kiddo getting upset when we ask her to do something she doesn’t want to do. She wants to wheel and deal about things sometimes. Occasionally that …
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Comparing hard times leads to strife
But, I have it worse than you. No, I have it worse than you. Seriously, though, I have it worse than you.
Yep. We all know people like this. No matter what you say, they always have it worse. It’s …
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Reflections on my Good Friday
On this Good Friday, I find myself running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I’m not sure why exactly it’s happened this way. Actually, I sort of am. My whole week has been behind since I felt …
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My Easter message to my toddler
For the last few weeks leading up to this one, I’ve been thinking about how to explain Easter to my toddler. She’s 2-1/2 this year. It’s a tricky age because she’s not really old enough to grasp everything, but she …
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What little girls need
Note: This originally ran in my blog on July 6, 2011. I’ve been thinking about this list a lot lately for various reasons and felt compelled to share it again.
As a former little girl and now the mother …
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Embracing the unexpected
A couple of weeks ago, I was doing some major cleaning in my house. It was a Saturday morning and my husband offered to help me deep clean. So we shipped the kiddo off to her grandparents’ house a few …
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Do not fear
Every so often my daughter has a nightmare. Usually we know this because she’ll fuss in her sleep or cry for maybe 30 seconds to a minute. If we go in there, we wake her up fully and she has …