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I love Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. The story behind Jesus Calling is that Sarah, a missionary, began filling her journals with what ...

I didn't know Sara personally.  I mean, sure, we communicated back and forth a wee bit through blogs and comments and email--but she was...

(I first wrote this in 2009, but wanted to share it again.  I can't believe it's been 10 years since that day.) Last night, Bubb...

Nope.  It's not coffee.  I am the socially-handicapped one who doesn't like coffee, remember? Something is brewing in me.  I don...

As I woke this morning, some of my first thoughts were with my two friends about to give birth any day now.  Did either of them go into lab...

If you are what you eat, then I have often resembled a bag of peanut m and m's with a diet coke on the side.   (I call that my breakfas...

Today the world lost a great guy.  His name is Brad and he was 18 years old.  He lived his life with a muscle condition that left him pretty...

Today's puzzle piece was very different than I expected.  I had steeled myself for the news of a tumor.  For surgery.  For a possible ...

On New Year's Eve, the kids, my mother-in-law and I poured a jigsaw puzzle's worth of pieces on the table with hopes of completing ...

It's a new year.  It's time to start over.  Make resolutions.  Have a fresh start.  I like the reflection that comes with this time...

The coolest thing happened at church a few weeks ago. Our Pastor was finishing up a short series on giving.  I think many pastors hate doi...

We put the Christmas decorations up this weekend.  I love Christmas decorations.  It is always fun for the house to be decked out with symbo...

Do we dare to hope? This is what has been going through my head this morning since my hubby said these words to me, "You know, I thin...

It's been a year since I first shared about Aidan in this post .  I thought I would write tons more about him and our journey, but fo...

Patch resting on my bed this morning...and yes, he does have eyes in there! Last week my little pup was sick.  Some sort of stomach bug. ...

I posted this a year ago today.  I have a full day today, but I have to remember.  I promised myself I'd never forget. (written 9/11/2...

First of all, I'm so excited that some of you have decided to join the 24over24 challenge .  It's not too late...join us! When I w...