Love Hope Family
Ever since I learned to tie my shoes in kindergarten I’ve also been trying to learn a trick for untying knots. As the years have passed, I’ve realized that difficult knots in shoe laces were just the tip of the iceberg. “Knots” show up everywhere in life. . .from difficult math problems and homework, to finding a way to pay bills, to…
Do you have that one true friend in your life that you know no matter what they will give you the shirt off their back in a snowstorm to keep you warm? Every now and then I’ll have a memory come back in my mind to remind me how blessed I am with great friends! Maryann is one of those true friends. I was driving a team from our church…
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“Mommmmmmyyyyy…Getttt ooooouuut” (pause for 2 seconds) “Dadddddyyyyy….Getttt oooouuut”…Those are the sounds that fill my house EVERY Saturday morning at 7am. My son Nick, who is now 8 years old, has been doing that since he was 3. He won’t come out of his room, he won’t get out of his bed, he’ll just lay there and say this over and over…
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A dream we are talking about may not be all rainbows and butterflies. I know, I get overwhelmed feeling what it might mean, not everyone is suited nor ready to hear about a God-sized dream. Because it is, well, a God-sized dream. This is not a dream such as a “bigger house, fancier car, more luxurious lifestyle.” Having a God-sized dream…
Are you one of those people with an awesome memory that goes back to when you were just a wee little one? Where you can remember being a baby, learning to crawl, or even walking for the first time! My daughter blew me away when she looked at a picture hanging on the wall from when she was one year old and she said “Hey, I remember that!” …
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What! Where did that hair come from? Are you in the same boat as me…finding that the older you get, hair starts popping up in the strangest places on your face! And by the time you get to it, it’s 20 feet long and you can basically wrap it around your neck like a scarf!! That is what I call a “longie”. Let…
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At age nine, my son began to dream of one day becoming an Eagle Scout. My daughter, who is ten, dreams of becoming an actress on stage or in movies. My husband and I dream of visiting Israel and the Holy Land. Dreams can be practical, like finishing your education or paying off your mortgage. The can also be physically challenging:…
So as I get older, I am realizing that I need to accept an awful fact of life…the things you love will go away and be replaced with new things that I don’t like. (And of course the reason I don’t like these new things is that all change is bad!) I’m not talking about loved ones passing on, instead I’m talking about things that I used to love,…
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From the day my daughter learned to talk, she has been asking for a dog. She has never met one that she doesn’t like. So when we are visiting at my sister’s house, Pepper the Yorkie-Poo gets an extreme amount of lovin’. That said, this mama has consistently stuck with my “no, we are not going to get a dog” policy. I have heard every reason…
So often around this time of year we hear about the “spirit of Christmas”, which is a reference to how people seem to care more for one another. We are a little nicer to strangers, a little more generous to those in need and our moods are often more optimistic and hopeful. But what if I told you that’s how God created you to be…EVERYDAY.…
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Thanks for donating brand new gloves, mittens, scarves and hats for Hispanic immigrants new to our area. Also needed are warm socks in all sizes.
