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“There are two things we should give our children; one is roots and the other is wings.”
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He is Risen!
He is risen indeed! I know Easter was a whole week ago- but I can’t NOT share with you what happened on Easter Sunday… After several years of talking to my daughters about being baptized, they finally took the “plunge”! And what could make that even more special?! I got to baptize my daughters! It […]
Read Moredo stuff with your kids
one day I’ll look back- grateful for the time I spent being with my girls I love haikus. They say a lot with few words. Sometimes lots of words make me tired, lol! Like yesterday- for some reason I was really, really tired. I could chalk it up to the time change and still getting […]
Read Morethese are the days
these are the days of loud music blaring in cars girls belting tunes as if they were the stars these are the days of selfies and laughs dabbling in makeup and perfecting the craft these are the days when emotions run low… and high these are the days that too quickly will pass by I […]
Read Moreall things are becoming NEW
Seasons come and seasons go but they always cycle back you know? An old skill resurrected- I’ll teach new lives for my heart to reach! I am super excited to do something old today… well, I mean NEW! When I got out of college, I began teaching music in public school. I loved my job, […]
Read MoreOnly Jesus
It has been bitterly cold lately. How cold is it? So cold, that my semi-damp hair freezes in chunks when I walk the dogs! So cold, that I think I have gotten a little bitter myself. I really despise that about me. I see how easy it is for me come up with excuses for […]
Read Moreglory gazin’
we’re glory gazin’ chowing down on Chick-fil-a the sky- our dessert! Having two teenage daughters is… interesting. I never quite know what to expect. One minute they are screaming at each other, the next minute they are hysterically laughing together. It is an adventure, for sure! The other day, I picked the girls up early […]
Read Moremake the time
on a weathered bench I play minutes…hours… half a day! How I wish to pause the time play the day away on this piano of mine! Every year when the Christmas season is over, I always wish I had spent more time playing through my favorite Christmas piano books. Not this year! I am determined to […]
Read MoreAnticipation
For a moment, I thought the zombie apocalypse might have come. I had just returned home from running a few errands, and the girls were no where to be found. When I was out shopping, I had called both girls on their cell phones, and also tried texting them. It was very strange for neither […]
Read MoreWindows
Separate inside from out behind curtains we peek out illumination cannot hide the life that carries on inside I have been thinking a lot about windows. I have always loved glancing into windows of the homes we pass by when we drive through neighborhoods. Shakespeare said it best- “Eyes are the windows to your soul”. […]
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