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Why My Daughter Insists She is NEVER Coming Home!

July 30, 2012 10 Comments

I get her text. “I am never, ever, ever, never coming home.” And I knew she was hooked. Full blown. Undone. In love. Only sixteen. From a family who doesn’t practice dating…..But, I knew when she saw him, her heart would be mush melting. And all logic. Useless. After all, she is my daughter. And go […]

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4 Qualifications of Character

July 29, 2011 11 Comments

We wake in anticipation of a well-planned day. Organized. Well thought-out. Structured in the most methodical way. Church. Then a visit to an Aunt, laying sick. Weak. …about to see Jesus. But when we rise. Husband sick…..Really sick. Second time in twenty years sick. Plans derailed. Kids and I venture out. To church alone. And we […]