When you are the mom of only boys, you don’t get tea parties or nail painting. Nope. You get “I have a break from school and I want to go fishing and camping.” So, if this post is a day late, it’s because I didn’t have Internet and my hot spot was not “hot”. (I got...
read moreThe Lord Be With You
In a book in the Bible called Ruth there is a good guy named Boaz. He greeted his workers in his field (I think he was pretty wealthy) with “The Lord be with you.” And they all answer him “The Lord bless you.” (Ruth 2) I wonder what would happen if we greeted people...
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What’s In Your Hand?
In my hand I held a hammer In my mind I held a dream. To hammer in a nail at a women’s nail driving contest Never successful in this endeavor Never chosen as a finalist. Never good enough. But this year would be different In my hand I held a hammer In my mind I held...
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The Summons
I got a fairly official piece of paper in the mail today. When I opened it up, it was official: I am summoned for jury duty! A week long jury duty. Let that one sink in: week long. I can’t bring my cell phone. I can’t bring any electronic equipment. And, no...
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4 Restoration Hacks For Bringing New Life To An Old Property
For the past two weekends, I’ve been in the small town where I grew up getting my childhood home ready for a renter. It’s been emotionally and physically hard, but now that I have a renter bringing life to the house I grew up in, I feel better. Guess a house needs...
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