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  • Don’t let me slip away

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    Scripture: Hosea 13:6 “When I fed them, they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.” Observation: How often do I do that? I cry out to Jesus. I get back on track with my devotional time. Then things go well, something pushes aside my devotional or study time and I let it slide…

  • Summer Lunchbox Challenge

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    Throughout the rest of the summer I am also blogging on Happy to be at Home, a blog hosted by 3 moms with lots of guest bloggers. Because I know I cannot be the only mom who tries her best to lovingly pack lunches for her kiddos during the school year which are not also lovingly enjoyed, and because I…

  • A Splashy 4th of July at Hyatt Lost Pines in Bastrop, Texas

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    Hope you enjoy my review of a recent trip.  I thought you might be interested in more than just my spiritual journey…  We invited some neighbors and took the kiddos to the Hyatt Lost Pines in Bastrop, Texas (near Austin) to celebrate the 4th of July this year and had a fantastic time.  This was…

  • My story

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    A part of my reading today took me through Psalm 73, which compares the earthly success of the wicked in comparison to the eternal rewards of the righteous.  Yikes, just typing wicked vs. righteous sounds pretty big to me. I don’t see myself falling completely into either of those camps, yet that’s how we are…

  • Encourage one another daily

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    Good morning, friends. (I’m not sure exactly when this will really be posted, but it is morning time as I am writing it.) Thanks for joining me in this journey through faith. I hope that this blog becomes much more than just a chronicle of my thoughts and experiences and instead is a forum of…

  • Please release me of my fears

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    Today in my reading I came across this: Hebrews 2: 14-15 “14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death- that is, the devil- 15 and free those who all their lives were held in…

  • Are you listening?

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    I am so excited about my new blogging focus so of course my mind is filled with thoughts of writing. Yet it isn’t easy to find the right time to do that, as I have three little ones. And I don’t want to just write to write.  I really want to try to write as…

  • My newest journey

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    My devotional time had been lacking. For several weeks I was doing the reading, praying a little, but not really offering much of me and consequently not really listening. I was TIRED and I had to finish the reading before the kids woke. So I glossed over most of it, not really searching, but asking…

  • Ya gotta have friends to throw a baby shower

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    Okay, so that’s an obvious one… Who else would you host a baby shower for other than a friend? But, other than that, ya gotta have friends to make it just right… or at least it certainly helps. A few weekends ago I hosted a baby shower along with 2 other women. Karen, an amazing…

  • Discovering Houston’s Discovery Green

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    Friday night we took the older two kiddos to Discovery Green, Houston’s newest outdoor park and entertainment venue. The park was hosting a dog jumping competition, a short film festival and a zydeco concert… all for free. We valet parked at one of the restaurants, cruised by the dogs and the kids made a bee-line…

  • Bringing home baby– What you really need

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    I wrote this soon after my first child was born. Through the years I’ve passed it on to countless friends who were expecting. I’m publishing it here for anyone you know who might want some more advice. (Because pregnant women just don’t seem to get enough.) Sure you need all those precious layette items for your…

  • PJ Pancake Breakfast Bash

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    While trying to figure out how to celebrate our soon-to-be two-year-old’s birthday in an already action-packed day, my husband came up with the idea of inviting the girls in our neighborhood (instead of the usual long list of all our friends) over for a breakfast celebration. It wasn’t long after that I saw a flower-shaped…

  • Planning summer fun

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    Summer brings a lack of schedule in parenting that can be absolutely glorious, as well as extremely frustrating for me. I love that I don’t have to usher my kids out the door early every weekday morning. And I love that I have a lot of free time with my kids to play with them, talk…

  • a Great Escape in Lake George, NY

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    We’ve just finished up a quick trip to Lake George, NY, where we stayed at The Great Escape Lodge, the hotel (and indoor waterpark) adjacent to the Six Flags theme park, The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom. We weren’t sure what to expect, but we decided that sleeping in the same building as a waterpark…

  • Just give me a little piece of quiet

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    http://www.lorileecraker.com/book6.html http://www.mops.org/ As one of the many gifts of my Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) membership one year, I received a copy of Lorilee Craker’s Just give me a little piece of quiet. The cover says it contains 60 mini-retreats for a mom’s soul, and that it does, my friend. Each retreat begins and ends with a verse…