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Remembering Bob

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I’ve been thinking about Bob on this leap year day. Bob is my husband’s dad, and it would have been his 76th birthday today. I only met Bob once but I still think about some of the things he told me about his son, now my husband. He told me how he took Jimmie hunting once and that as they…
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The Kindness of Strangers

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Nothing happens by accident, I believe. God is weaving our life stories in ways that we may not fully understand here on earth. I visited a dear, 95-year old lady this week, and we had cake and coffee in her small apartment. She reminded me of another sweet, dear lady named Pani Vera we met two years ago in the…
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Life is Art

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My cousin, who lives in Peru, is slowly going blind and yet he still paints. This is a painting he did for me years ago. I added the caption. I’m praying God heals his heart and eyes.

A Time To Let Go

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We had a baby shower for a friend who is having her first baby this past weekend, and I was reminded of how God blessed me with each of the three children I have and of the one who went to heaven even before she entered this world. It’s been more than seven years and even now there’s a longing…
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The Hidden Room of Shame

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We were at a school meeting for parents and my daughter comes over to where I’m sitting and asks, “Mom, why don’t you talk to the other parents?” She was only 7 years old but she could pick up that something was amiss. I said something like, “I will, sweet pea. You run along and play.” And she did. Her…
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