Category: Christian Living
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The Auto-Correct
“I DIDN’T SAY THAT!!!!” One sister yelled. “YESSSSSSS YOUUUUUUU DIIIIIIIID-AAAAAAAA,” the other retorted. “WELL THEN YOU HEARD ME WRRRRROOOONNNGGGG-AAAAAA,” she snapped back. “Ugh,” I sighed, listening to them pile frustrated syllables on top of simple words, “they’ve BOTH gotten that from me.” Faces twisted into eccentric versions of craziness, both seethingly glared into the review…
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The Space
“Mom-can-I-be-a-milk-buyer-today?” My Kindergartener rapid-fire demanded. “No,” I hurried, “I still haven’t put more lunch money in your account, sweetie…” “WE DON’T HAVE TO PAY, MOM!!!” She once again informed me, with her face all scrunched up and frustrated as she reenacted her walk up to the lunch line to tell the cashier she’s a milk buyer.…
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The Preview of “The Space…”
God gave us grace to enjoy this place. The space He creates to replace our race …just for a little while. Life’s rip current can relentlessly grip and pull… It’s essential to bask in the space of blessings. Where time stops …and minutes stretch. Joy’s beach. Waves of emotion may ebb and flow, and even…
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The Driftwood
“MOM!” I could tell Lo was annoyed before I laid eyes on her “scrunchy-face.” “Daddy is counting wrong to vacation,” she huffed. Her daddy might actually be counting right, but it’s not the way I count. Once the day is here, I don’t count it. And, I don’t count the first day of vacation as…
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The Cubes (“Already Amazing,” by Holly Gerth, Book Review)
Do you ever have those moments with your children where you deliver sage advice, and then feel immediately guilty because you fail to receive and apply the same principles to your own life? (I’m raising my own hand.) Holly Gerth’s gift to sift through the cobwebs of applicable truth catered to the way God created…
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