Not Everyone Can Be Happy On Your Birthday

Not everyone can be happy on your birthday, but you still have to go with it and make the most of it! It’s a GORGEOUS warm fall day and I’m determined to have a good one! Four year old attitudes, take that! 🙂 It’s a great day to be alive!

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Sometimes You Have to Choose to Laugh So You Don’t Cry, Especially When It Involves A Gas Station Bathroom

So everyone has a gas station bathroom disaster story, right?  We have several… Normally I wouldn’t share them, but you know how sometimes you have to choose to laugh instead of cry?  This is totally one of those moments, and the laughing will come easier if I share it with you.  (No worries – no …

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Glimpses of Normal…

Photo Credit My road to recovery post abdominoplasty surgery has been a rough one – full of unexpected turns, bumps, and setbacks. It has been the furthest thing from pleasant that I could imagine. However, the last two weeks of my life have showed some glimmers of a “normal” that I have not experienced in …

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I’m Already Torn.

I’ve hesitated to write this post.  I feel torn about being torn, and how to describe this personal struggle. Even now there is a lump in my throat as I begin to jot down my thoughts.  However, this IS my reality, regardless of how this post is interpreted.  My heart behind blogging has been connecting …

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Extending Grace…

My husband called into a Christian radio broadcast last week that was discussing infertility treatments.  It’s a hot topic in most every circle.  And while most of their discussion was accurate, some of the callers and their opinions were misinformed and offensive. It’s so easy to do: To make judgments, form opinions, talk at great …

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Grace Like Snow…

It’s right around this time in January or a tad later that I start breaking the resolutions I promised myself on January 1. * No more fries. (Chick-fil-A Waffle Fries, you got me.) * Read my Bible everyday. (Sunday is optional, right?) * Quit biting my nails. (I never make it past Day 3.) * …

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The Moment I Almost Let Slip Away…

  My impatience had been tested and I had fallen.  I was worn.  I was ready to be done for the night, yet his pleadings and persistence would not allow me to quit. Every excuse for being out of bed I had met with a request to return to his bed. A warning.  A stern …

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The Christmas We Ate McDonalds And Made The Best of It

Have you ever experienced a holiday that didn’t turn out so picture perfectly?  Maybe you can look back on it now and laugh about it. Perhaps it made more of a memory than your plans would have allowed. We found ourselves in quite a pickle this Christmas, but it left us with good memories and …

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