I’ve always been a girl with many interests. I often feel like the dog in Up. “Squirrel!” Projects seem to be mostly my-style. Work on something, see it to completion, move on to the next. Need a drama written? Organize a field trip? Take a few pictures? It is fun.…
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Practicing Thankfulness
You’d think that being thankful would come easy as adults.We’re taught from childhood to say it. Receive a glass of milk. “Thank you.” Open a present. “Thank you.” Someone holds a door. “Thank you.” Why is it that a genuine heart of thankfulness isn’t as easy to come by? To…
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What Mice Do At Night
There is a war going on in my house. Mom vs. Mice I woke up this morning hungry for peanut butter toast. Why? Because there’s a mouse-trap laden with the yummy goodness under my bed. Each day, we check the traps, and we are often surprised when they are found…
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Our Imperfect Christmas
Words for Wednesdays I just blogged over on our church’s website about our Imperfect Christmas. If your advent season has been less-than-ideal, come check it out.
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Isaiah reminds me of Scrooge’s Ghosts
Thoughts for Thursdays Maybe it’s just because it’s Christmas time, but as I read through Isaiah, I’m often reminded of Scrooge’s ghosts from A Christmas Carol. Has the prophecy already happened? Is this speaking of something yet to come? But then jewels like this jump out at me: “Therefore thus…
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Coffee and Sweat Pants
It’s supposed to be Foto Friday or Five Minute Friday, but it’s just going to be Becky’s Ramblings Friday. Is that ok? It’s been a busy week in our house, with our Christmas Musical for church this weekend. The girls are dancing and I’m acting. And today – nothing but…
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I Wonder: Why Her?
Five Minute Friday Five minutes. No Edits. Just writing. The word is: Wonder GO Wonder… Cleaning up my kitchen, putting breakfast dishes away, washing the pan, scraping off the remaining eggs… And the Christmas music is playing. Amy Grant’s melody… “Do you wonder as you watch my face if a…