Three shortish reviews

Here are a few short reviews of books I’ve finished recently. Leaving by Karen Kingsbury is a new series with Bailey Flanigan from previous series. I think Karen provides enough background information so that a reader could enjoy the book without having read all the books leading up to it, but the story would probably [...]

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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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Thankful for the Moms in my life

I am thankful for my mom and the love and care she showed for me all her life, for her generosity, for long phone calls and laughter and the ability to talk about almost everything. I miss her sorely but hope to see her in heaven some day. I am thankful for my husband’s mother, [...]

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Laudable Linkage and Funny Videos

With Sunday being Mother’s Day, there has been a lot of good Mother’s Day reading this week: For Moms, Former Moms, and Wannabe Moms. “Motherhood is not the greatest good for the Christian woman. Whether you are a mom or not, don’t get caught up in sentimentalism that sets it up as some saintly role. [...]

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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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Finished!

My most recent cross stitch project is finally finished! This photo shows its just-finished state — I haven’t rinsed it out or ironed it yet. The pattern is “Thy Word” from the Inspired by Scripture booklet of Paula Vaughan. The lettering was one of the hard parts because a lot of it doesn’t fall within [...]

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Day of Prayer

Today is the National Day of Prayer. Power of Prayer The day was long, the burden I had borne Seemed heavier than I could longer bear, And then it lifted – but I did not know Some one had knelt in prayer; Had taken me to God that very hour, And asked the easing of [...]

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Wednesday Hodgepodge

Joyce From This Side of the Pond hosts a weekly Wednesday Hodgepodge of questions for fun and for getting to know each other. Here are the questions for this week: 1. Have you ever been served breakfast in bed? Do you enjoy that? If someone were serving you breakfast in bed what would you hope [...]

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Assorted stray thoughts…

I don’t know if I mentioned that my son, Jason, had a second interview for one job possibility, then they called him back for paperwork, drug testing, and began a background check, which all pointed to the likelihood of being offered a job. But then the management declared a hiring freeze until they could work [...]

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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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