The randomest of thoughts

I mentioned my middle son, Jason, getting a job in a neat way after a very long wait. The day he got the news that he got the job, his wife’s car (the main one they drove) died. In fact, Jason was in the tow truck when he got news of the job. A day [...]

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Book Review: The Deepest Waters

The Deepest Waters by Dan Walsh wasn’t on my Spring Reading Thing list or even on my radar, but I saw it when looking for books for my mother-in-law for Mother’s Day, and I had enjoyed Dan’s two previous books, so I picked it up. The book is inspired by a true story: though details [...]

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The Week In Words

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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We look for the Saviour

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Hebrews 9:28. The heading of my Daily Light reading for today is “We look for the Saviour” from Philippians 3:20, and all the rest of the verses [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share five of our favorite things from the last week. This has been a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go [...]

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My Mom’s birthday

Today would have been my mom‘s 74th birthday. She passed away 5 1/2 years ago. So far this day isn’t as weepy as some of her previous birthdays have been, though I have been a little moist-eyed a couple of times. The first year or two I couldn’t even go near a Hallmark store the [...]

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Missing something? No, I don’t think so after all.

When we were preparing to move last summer, I unearthed a whole stack of family-oriented magazines from several years back. In more recent years I had marked and torn out what I was interested in (or checked and bookmarked the article online) and then passed it on to a friend, but this stack must have [...]

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Book Review: Lady in Waiting

Lady in Waiting by Susan Meissner caught my eye when both Susanne and Quilly highly recommended it. It’s a dual story of two Janes. Jane Lindsay’s husband unexpectedly walks out on her, and she is stunned. They had been married twenty-two years, and she thought everything was fine. Giving him the space he says he [...]

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What’s On Your Nightstand: May

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the fourth Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and/or plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. It’s been a busy month, but I’ve been [...]

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The Week In Words

Welcome to The Week In Words, where we share quotes from the last week’s reading. If something you read this past week  inspired you, caused you to laugh, cry, think, dream, or just resonated with you in some way, please share it with us, attributing it to its source, which can be a book, newspaper, [...]

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