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The Store
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The World We Make
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A November to Remember
This last week has been crazy with friends and family being in the hospital. I don’t want to embarrass anyone or call anyone out, I’m just expressing my secondhand feelings towards what happened. I had two cousins in the hospital with serious situations. They’re both probably due to presentations of congenital weaknesses that runs in…
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Don’t Lose Faith
Today, I am going to talk about faith. It is what makes Christianity a pursuit and not an applied religious philosophy. The dictionary defines faith as loyalty, trust and belief. The Bible first talks about the faith Abram. He was called by God to leave his people and homeland to go to a place that…
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Time Travelers
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99 Jobs and Then Some
Eliana went back to school this week, and I am so, so grateful. For the last year I’ve been her mom and her teacher. The curriculum was through Hillsboro Online Academy, so technically there was another human on the other side of town somewhere grading her work, but I was the one facilitating the learning.…
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Kids Party Schedule
7:15 Child wakes you up, “It’s my birthday!” 8:00 Make everyone a “good breakfast.” Everyone only eats two bites. 8:30 Frost and decorate cake layer baked the night before. Abandon ambitious second tier. 9:00 Load car with half contents of refrigerator, craft, picnic and game supplies for “simple” outdoor party. 9:30 Swing by Dollar Tree…
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Great Expectations
A lot of our struggles come from wanting things from others that they aren’t providing. Parents don’t like the choices their children make, and kids get disappointed by parents. In-laws and friends don’t show up or shut up at the right times. One of the keys to happiness in relationships is to stop carrying around…