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Month: October 2019

  • October 30, 2019July 20, 2022
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Finding Hope in God and a Lament

  • Hope

Are you feeling heavy with burdens that seem too hard to bear? Do you sometimes wish you could crawl into a hole and disappear?  In this troubled world we live in, have we tried finding hope in God? FINDING HOPE IN GOD As I reading […]

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  • October 24, 2019March 1, 2022
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Challenge: Prompts for Creativity

  • Art and Poetry

OCTOBER CREATIVITY CHALLENGE   My friend, Marvia Davidson, and Jamie Bagley, my daughter and friend, have established The Merry Kettle and Quill. They occasionally offer a challenge to encourage creativity. I enjoy participating, because it helps me keep writing. It is also challenging and lots […]

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  • October 22, 2019April 2, 2022
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Hands: A Father’s Protection and Love

  • Memoir

This week for Tell a Memory Tuesday, I want to share a post taken from my previous blog. I usually read Psalm 139 most every morning. It reminds me that I am not only made by God, but He holds me in His hands. When […]

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  • October 17, 2019April 2, 2022
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Leaves and Lives: Not Drifting Aimlessly

  • Inspirational

Do you ever feel like you are drifting through life, being blown along at a pace you did not choose? Or have you found a path you like but find it hard to stay focused? Do you plan ahead only to have circumstances thwart your […]

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  • October 15, 2019April 18, 2021
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Troubles: Lost, Found and God’s Provision

  • Memoir

On this #TellAMemoryTuesday, I conclude the stories of our troubles that first week in Plainfield, New Jersey. You can find links to the first three parts at my Tell A Memory Tuesday page. Last week I was still telling about the first day that week. […]

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  • October 12, 2019October 14, 2019
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Walking the Doodle Trail, Pickens, SC

  • Haiku

For the second time this week, my husband and I drove to the nearby town of Pickens, SC, to take a walk on the Doodle Trail. It used to be a railroad route but has been made into a lovely paved trail for bike riding […]

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  • October 8, 2019March 19, 2020
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Exhausted: Plumbing Woes, Sickness and More

  • Inspirational

Welcome back to #TellAMemoryTuesday. Today I continue the story of our first week in our house in Plainfield, New Jersey. Part 1 can be found HERE. Part 2 can be found HERE. Throughout that time, God provided dear friends who showed great love and care […]

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  • October 2, 2019March 1, 2023
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Forest & Whisper: A Haiku

  • Haiku

It has been awhile since I participated with the Monday weekly haiku challenge at #RonovanWrites. My last time linking up was in the post Rainbow: Quiet Beauty with a Promise. This week I couldn’t resist, because I love the prompt words,  forest & whisper.   […]

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  • October 2, 2019April 2, 2022
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Faithfulness: God’s Provision and Care

  • Inspirational

As promised, here is the first incident I remember of that first crazy week in Plainfield, NJ, when God showed His faithfulness in hard times.

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  • October 1, 2019February 26, 2022
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Fixer-Upper House: A Scary, Doozy Week of Surprises

  • Memoir

Welcome again to #TellAMemoryTuesday! I had to step back for a couple of weeks, but I’m now ready to begin sharing about our time in Plainfield, New Jersey. In the fall of 1981, our little family of four moved into a fixer-upper of a house.  […]

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