• faith

    salt & light

    “Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.”Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the

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  • faith

    refuge.

    It was Saturday morning. The morning I usually love. The lazy one where we lay in bed for a while and then get up and make a bigger than normal breakfast. Accept that either he or I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I don’t quite recall how it went but the

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  • family

    just for now.

    Today, we played, and we dined and we painted little toenails pink. Today we laughed and snuggled. We cuddled and lay in bed watching DJ Lance Rock. It was so nice just being with you and seeing and feeling and loving you. Pretending and taking time with nothing to keep us from just being…together. My

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    Dear Andre

    Today you turn 7 years old. Today my heart breaks to know that you are growing so fast and that I can’t keep you, just the way you are right now, forever. You are  funny and full of heart. You find humor in so many things. While you are not extremely emotional, when you are,

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    holding on to bitterness

    The weather had begun to warm as Spring was turning into summer. I was 7 months pregnant and already feeling the strain of my 3rd pregnancy. It’s really amazing what 2 years difference can make you feel when you become pregnant again. I was in the kitchen cooking while trying to keep cool and trying

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