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Month: August 2019

  • August 27, 2019March 27, 2021
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Loving Care: In Happy Times and Sad

  • Inspirational

That first year in New Jersey produced mostly happy memories, but even in the hard times loving care was shown to us.   [The year was not without its trials. The hardest was enduring my first miscarriage.   Before I share about that I’ll include […]

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  • August 24, 2019August 26, 2019
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Pace: A Five Minute Friday Post

  • Five Minute Friday

Pace is the Five Minute Friday word prompt for this week. The first thought I had was the advice I’ve heard and given often. Go at your own pace. But as I thought about it, I wondered what really determines our rhythm or tempo or […]

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  • August 20, 2019August 20, 2019
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Surprise: New Church, Extra Children

  • Inspirational

Today for Tell a Memory Tuesday, I share about choosing a church and a surprise there, caring for a couple of extra kids and their dog. And, of course, something about our own children. This is installment three of our year in Kenilworth.   Our […]

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  • August 16, 2019August 16, 2021
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Hospitality: Presence, not Perfection

  • Art Journal

Hospitality is the prompt word for #FiveMinuteFriday this week. It is one of my favorite words. Just the sound of it is welcoming to me. It’s interesting that a simple definition of the word, according to Rhymezone is:   Definitions of hospitality: noun:   kindness in welcoming […]

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  • August 13, 2019August 13, 2019
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Kenilworth: Our First Year in New Jersey

  • Inspirational

When my husband accepted a teaching job at Covenant Christian School in Cranford, New Jersey, we had no idea of all the new things we would encounter or the full range of emotions we would feel. Last week I told a little bit about our […]

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  • August 6, 2019August 9, 2019
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Welcome to Our New Home in New Jersey

  • Inspirational

At the beginning of the summer of 1980, we packed up a moving truck and started on our journey from South Dakota to New Jersey. This was the third cross country move in the span of a couple of years. Our arrival was met with […]

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