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Pumpkin Butter, Otherwise Known as Thanksgiving Crack
A few weeks ago while making the annual batch of apple butter I decided to do some pumpkin butter as well. It was all right, nothing to write home about, but it’s pretty good. Last week I went to the store for something and there outside were the bins of pumpkins, now on sale for…
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I’m exhausted, but they had fun!
I really do think that the reason we generally don’t have the ability to have children later in life is because God knew our limitations. Seriously, who has the energy to chase toddlers and read with a fidgety 6 year old after the age of 50?!? This last week we took care of the grandkids…
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Finding “home” wherever you are
Are you happy enough with your life right now that you can be “home” where you live? Today marks 13 years since I moved away from my hometown of Blythe, CA. While it was a difficult move, it was necessary for my own mental and emotional health. It gave me time to heal and to…
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Fruit or Foliage…you need to choose.
The last couple of days have been spent taming the tomato jungle, clearing the cucumber canopy, and, well, squashing the spread of…wait for it….squash(please forgive the irresistible alliterations).
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Please hold….
God NEVER puts us on hold.
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My Amazing Kids
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Psalm 127:3-4
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The Blessing of Love
“Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.” – Proverbs 31:25
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Mother Blessings
What trust she put in God – she still does, and she is my example.
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Women are the Glue
A friend once told me that women are the glue in a relationship (yes, he was a man). As women, we are designed to do so much – we bear children, we bleed mysteriously for days every month without dying, we hold our families together when all else is falling apart. As mothers, we tend…
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Sisters
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. I have two kinds of sisters. Two that I was born with, and many more that have become my “Sisters” over the years. First….. The ones we are born with. We fought. ALL. THE.…