Giveaway Winner! From Blah to Awe by Jenna Lucado Bishop

March 19th, 2012
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The winner of From Blah to Awe: Shaking Up a Boring Faith by Jenna Lucado Bishop is Cassi (c.hopecaptured@…). You should have received an email with further instructions on claiming your prize.  A big thank you to everyone who entered!  Huge thanks to MergePR for sponsoring this giveaway!     You also might like…Project of LoveUpdate CityCompassion: What about [...]

Book Review: Growing Great Kids by Kate Battistelli

February 26th, 2012
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When my first child was born my husband and I had no idea what to do.  I mean, we had the common sense to love, feed, change, and basically keep her alive, but other than that we had no clue.  None. Zilch.  No parenting manual came hidden with this tightly swaddled bundle of warmth, cooing, [...]

Sharing and Growing Faith {Dayspring Giveaway}

November 17th, 2011
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Have you ever wanted to share your faith but didn’t quite know how in certain situations?  Maybe your work environment frowns heavily on anything faith-based coming from anyone’s mouth, or your neighbors look at you as though you have five noses when you say words like “God” or “grace.” Imagine those folks living in countries [...]

Time and Chocolate

April 29th, 2011
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Have you looked at the calendar lately?  If you’re like me, you glance at the current month’s page on your laptop’s calendar because that’s where you live much of the time, in the “right now.”  Not that I don’t look ahead and dream and plan, but when my days are filled with homeschool biology lessons [...]

52 hearts: How someone connected with my family

April 28th, 2011
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Today, instead of sharing how I made connections with others, I want to give you a bit of my story and a connection that was made with my family.  Maybe it will inspire you in your walk somehow. When I gave birth to my first baby over 15 years ago, my parents were ecstatic.  They [...]

When He Calls Me "Mom"

April 5th, 2011
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Sometimes when I wake him I forget how much he’s grown. In the dim light of morning, I see him snuggled under the sheet with only his head showing, and I think on his little voice that used to ask for snuggles after I’d read to him before sleep. And then he wakes to my [...]

The Taint of Grape Soda

July 28th, 2010
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{Note:My tongue is firmly planted in my cheek for this post, y’all!} Do you remember Peewee’s?  When I was a little girl back in the 70′s — the Dark Ages according to my chicklets — my daddy would once in a while bring home little bottles of Peewee soda for my sisters and me.  I was about [...]

Counting Down: Expecting a Baby

June 28th, 2010

Today I was told that my nephew and his wife – my niece-in-love – are going to have a baby!  With that wonderful news came a certain realization for my husband and I.  I quickly texted the expectant parents saying,”When the baby arrives we will be a Great-Aunt and a Great-Uncle!” When my wise 14yo, Catz, heard what I [...]