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Doing Life Together

It’s interesting to look back on what seemed, at the time, to be an inwardly frustrating situation.  I now recognize how understandable it really was,…

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Solid Rock-Word For Laura

In 1986 my mother-in law, Laura, was diagnosed with lung cancer.  She had surgery and seemed to be doing well.  In 1987 it was found…

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Not a Victim

From the journal  .  .  . March 2007  I love you, Lord.  I love Your ways.  I love how You are involved with my life. …

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Take This Critical Attitude

Back when my friend Angie was a young wife and mother she asked me if I would mentor her.  I had been married for a…

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Poison Skittles

Poison Skittles?? What kind of a group is that?   Roller Derby!!  My granddaughter, Naomi Kiyoko, was on a team for about 3 years.  It was…

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Sometimes I Forget

This was written over 30 years ago.  I dare not say, “Insecurity is never a challenge now” but the Lord has shown me so much…

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When You Pray, You Love

When I first came to know the Lord back in 1975, prayer was always an important part. By 1980, I had five little kids and…

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Love is the Reason You Grieve

When I write in my journal, it is pretty raw, especially if I am upset.  I edit it before publishing of course, sometimes more than…

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Posted in Family General Short Read

What About the Sabbath?

October 2020 For many years, I went back and forth of how to honor the Lord on the Sabbath.  I wasn’t brought up knowing or…

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When You Take the Last Cookie

August 2020 When my kids were little, I would sometimes hear one say to another, “Oh you just want to have your own way.” I…

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