Zero to Sixty
It is like traveling down the highway and out of nowhere a cop appears and pulls me over and says, "Do you know how fast you were going?" And I answer, "What, no, officer. I didn't notice how fast I...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,I honor and praise You today. In my incompleteness and unformed state, I long to sing of Your glory. I long to bloom in Your garden. I long to reflect the beauty and love Your have shown me. I...
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St Patrick's Day
I am probably as much Welsh as Irish, just a tad. But these springtime holidays--St. David's Day, March 1, celebrated by the Welsh and St. Patrick's Day, March 17, celebrated by the Irish are some of...
View ArticleTwenty things I will never do--
Twenty things I will never do:1. Decide to sleep in on Sunday instead of going to church.2. Throw something away that somebody might be able to use.3. Quit reading books.4. Love to exercise.5. Keep my...
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5 Favorites, Children's Picture Books
I have been around the block in education for most of my life. I was a K-6 librarian, a preschool teacher, a 2nd and 3rd grade teacher, 7th grade reading, middle school library. I have credentials...
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Thank You, Jesus
Dear Jesus,Thank You for the potential. Thank You for the things that could happen and could be brought forth in Your love. Thank You for nature and people and inventions. Thank You, Jesus for...
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7 Quick Takes
Jen Fulwiler hosts this carnival of blogs. Go around and visit the rest....1. It was a glorious spring day on Saturday. Hubby and I went for a walk. It was glorious. I found crocus blooming. Then...
View ArticleLenten Plans
So, I am a little late. But I feel that I have been spoken to by the Lord about what I need this Lent. These are my plans ---1. I am offering up the pain of my foot while working on trying to get a...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord,I offer this day to You. Change me to conform to Your will. I accept the plan You have for me. I accept the correction and guidance to get to the place I long to be. I want to dance on the...
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Spring Break
My line at my library to the middle school patrons as I finished up the book fair last week was, "Have a good break. Don't break anything!" It almost always gets a smile. I know middle school humor....
View ArticleNaomi, Mother In Law
I am reading the book of Ruth from the Old Testament. In the first chapter I looked at the women Naomi and Ruth for the gifts and talents they were given. Ruth, the heroine of the story, has much...
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5 Favorites, Parenting
My days of having a child in my house to love and parent are long gone. I miss those days. They were too fleeting and cut short in some respect. My plan to have more than one child wasn't God's...
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Thank You, Lord
Lord,Thank You for waiting there at the church for me to visit You. Thank You for speaking to my heart every time I come to spend time with You. Thank You for the comfort and relief that is prayer....
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7 Quick Takes, Spring Break
Jennifer Fulwiler hosts this meme. There are lots of bloggers to meet if you go to the Conversion Diary.1. I stayed late a week ago Thursday night packing up the book fair in fear that it would be...
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Our Lady of the Snows, Walking the Way of the Cross
This past Wednesday I took the long drive over to Our Lady of Snows in Belleville, IL. The route has changed since my last visit. I crossed the new 70 bridge called the Stan Span in local slang. I...
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Sunday Prayers
Lord, today my life seems like dirty melting snow. I feel used up and old and tired. Today I feel like the past. But, I give You permission and beg You to melt me and turn me into the very living...
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Today, The Present
Enjoy the day! This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.....Spring has crept in very slowly this year. I can't remember a year when it was April before I saw the...
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Tuesday Treasures--Highchair
My mom is 88 years old. This was her highchair. She painted it brown. You just can't let her near a paintbrush. I rescued it in May. Someday, perhaps I will have a grandchild to set in this chair like...
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5 Favorites, Dry Skin Edition
Moxie Wife, Hallie hosts this meme. There are many others to visit.I have very dry skin. I used to suffer from eczema and I have learned to keep my skin moistened up so that I don't itch though the...
View ArticleThank You, Jesus
Dear Jesus,Thank You for the rain and all the blooming. Thank You for the cloudy skies and the singing birds. Thank You for the peace in my heart and the faith to mind my own life and trust in Your...
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