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How to make a Sock Snowman
In the past, many of my “how-to’s” have been less than helpful. Hopefully, this one is more helpful. Although, I have to say, if your life has sunk down to a place where a sock snowman can help you,...
View ArticleI Refuse to Put Oranges in Stockings (the shocking reason…)
I’m looking for new ideas for stockings. I asked the internet, but, I gotta say, y’all are a little boring! Many years ago, we were talking to our kids about how they are allowed to open their...
View ArticleMy Autistic Son
When I go to enroll Nick in the 7th grade at our local Jr High School, there is a big crowd of excited 7th graders and their parents. Nick gets nervous in big crowds so I’d had him use the bathroom...
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Adventures in Canning
When you get the urge to can, you gotta can. When you have all of the equipment, which has been sitting in the shed for more than a couple of years, and you had the foresight to plant fruit trees, all...
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2 Corinthians 9:6
But this I say, He which *seweth* sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which *seweth* bountifully shall reap also bountifully At the end of the 1th grade, I was in my counselor’s office signing...
View ArticleA story about marriage
It starts so easy, right? He has nice eyes. She has a cute smile. He asks her out, she says yes. They date. Give it a few minutes they’re in love. He says it, she says it. They can’t picture anything...
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The hot, dry breeze rippled the tips of the yellow green grass, and when it reached the edge of the grass, it caught up the dusty spaces, making dust devils before finishing off against the leafy...
View Articlemessy peace
It’s messy. It’s so messy. The news is messy. Social media is messy. People are messy. The sun is shining. The dirt is dark and warm. My peas are popping out of the ground. The irises are just peeking...
View Articlenever
Never give up. Never. That’s a long time. Is never earthly or eternal? Can anyone last that long? Who, literally, *never*? I say I’ll never drink alcohol and I mean it. But there was that once, I...
View Articlemy dad died
I thought I was changed when I saw dad naked. But watching him die. That changed me. I’m grateful for the experience and also traumatized by it. After your dad dies, maybe after anyone dies, it seems...
View Articlemy grief
Grief is interesting. We all wear it a little differently, but also the same. Like we’re all wearing clothes from the same designer, but the cuts, fits and fabrics are all just a little different and...
View Articlemy stages of grief
At first it was an abyss. A black hole. Sucking everything in. Where am I? What’s happened? I can’t see, I can’t feel, I can’t think. I’m not hungry. I’m not sleepy, I’m not myself. Then it was waves,...
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