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Tiptoe through All of It
I snagged a glorious 20 minutes on the phone with a dear friend yesterday, while she chewed on a Costco dog and I inhaled a Subway flatbread pizza. The cuisine of busy working moms. We talked about our...
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Logging Mileage in the Barren Land
It’s twelve hours –around the lake and Flathead cherry orchards. Through Missoula where we lived in poverty for five months during early marriage –hate that town. An overnight in Bozeman and nabbing my...
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Do the Math
Should I tell you that I use a calculator when I grade student papers? 30 total points minus 2.5. Ummmm. Do it in your head, dad would say. This was usually at the kitchen table, with a box of Kleenex...
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When Your Heart Hurts Long
If I am going to be sick, I want to be very sick. Sick enough that no one expects me to go to work or fold underwear or bake chicken or pour my own apple juice. The worst sickness is the one that...
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Woohoo! Yeah. You.
Saturday night a team of children hijacked the role of welcoming and changed everything. A few boys greeted me right off with a cheerful hello and a bulletin. Then I passed through two cartwheeling,...
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What’s All This Stress and Pain Gonna Get Ya
Every so often I get enough of a leisurely day to pull out the Fleischmann’s. I’m undisciplined in the kitchen (although I’m hoping to grow out of that), but I do love to make a good yeast bread....
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On Waiting for Life to Be Good
My mom came out of the guest room wearing this cute little hoody, and I found myself scoffing at the logo. I am considering creating my own clothing brand called “Life Is Hard.” Instead of delightful...
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Look for Tailored Encouragement
It was a lovely Saturday morning, and my husband agreed emphatically that my mom and I should visit the farmer’s market where our friend’s BBQ trailer was set up. When Texans have had pork in the...
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For Those Mourning Their Own Foolishness
My friend is going to egg-grading class this week. We listened to her hens clucking all through the dinner we enjoyed on their back patio the other night, and then as we walked through the house...
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As Bad as Everything Is, Imagine this Hope
I fell apart over a gift bag yesterday. But let me back up… First there was the switchback drive up Big Mountain Road, looking out over Whitefish, Montana, which apparently is listed as one of the...
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Enter Your Future with a Secure Heart
I suggested to both moms that perhaps going in on an E-reader would be the perfect gift for Matt’s birthday this November. So I could have my Kindle back, for Pete’s sake. They gave in, and I was able...
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For What Your Heart Needs
I woke up at 5:00 a.m. yesterday and got out of bed, but I was having a hard morning. A few words the night before had stirred up sorrow, and I couldn’t seem to shake my sadness. So I plugged in the...
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Your Life -A Party Just Starting
Dear friends, Today is my birthday! The big four-six, and you should know I’m a little ridiculous on the inside about the whole birthday thing. It’s like when I was six years old I stopped maturing...
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Grab Hold of Direction for Your Life
I had to get up like normal people yesterday morning and be at work by 8:15. Usually I’m heading out the door at 11:30, to work part time at the Christian school. Can I just say that you people who...
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Who Can Show Us Any Good?
If a blog post could somehow be a steaming latte in your favorite flavor (coconut milk for my friend who can’t have dairy), I would surprise you at work with 16 ounces today, along with a high-calorie...
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Struggling to Read The Bible?
I know you’ve been waiting anxiously to hear this from me, and here it is: I finished reading the One-Year Bible! (confetti, confetti, confetti) It took me a few years to do it (Matt reminds me a few...
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Your Hard Work Will Be Rewarded
I’m tempted to give you my husband’s cell phone number, so you can verify that I am not lying when I tell you that every morning and night of my first year of teaching I said, and I quote, “I cannot...
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I Will Praise Him Even When The Treadmill Breaks
Yesterday I came downstairs and exchanged looks with my son, who was sitting in the kitchen. We were listening to a noise coming from the basement. “That treadmill does not sound good,” I said. “No,...
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For The Soul That Needs Fixed Up
I know, you’ve been asking yourself, “How are those two empty nesters managing now that their baby is off to college?” You wonder what we do to fill our days. Well, during Saturday morning waffles we...
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One Incredible Word to Help You Get Past Failure
I grew up in central Wyoming, but my aunt and uncle lived in downtown Denver. A few times a year we would make the six-hour drive to visit them, and it felt like a real-life story of country mouse...
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