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Cuzipalooza 2013
For the first time ever I was conveniently gone at a hair appointment while the van was being loaded and house closed down for our week-long trip North. I was a little nervous. You know…about what I might come home to. 😉 But it worked out soooo very nicely, this most unfortunate…
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Pursued
My dad was a Catholic priest. How’s that for an attention-getter? I’m sure your brain is now intensely processing, trying to figure out how this happened. 😉 He was a priest before meeting my mother, a pretty young thing working in the rectory office. But that is a whole other story.…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: Filled with What?!
I didn’t know Duff was a holiday scrooge until our first December in North Carolina arrived. I broached the subject of procuring a small pine tree. You know…to decorate with handmade ornaments and cover in festive lights. He seemed at best uninterested. The word ‘hassle’ may have been tossed around. Perhaps he questioned the whole…
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Beyond Ordinary
I normally avoid marriage books. They offend me. I’ve never really been able to figure out exactly why this is. I know the buckets, the recipes, the suggestions, the essential ‘must do’s’, have always been very unappealing to the romantic in me. True love does not have a recipe as far as I’m concerned. It…
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It’s What Moms Do
When you have a mom who is present, and loving, and invested, and dedicated…. it’s easy to take her for granted.
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40 and Blessed!
Yesterday I turned the big 4-0. And you know what? It was an amazingly wonderful day. I just realized over and over again how incredibly blessed I am. I mean truly blessed.
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Jesus Calling
I am really enjoying this devotional book. I downloaded it onto my kindle a few weeks ago and I love reading the daily entries. Seriously love it. It’s simple, yet profound. I read it as I sip my morning coffee, brain still fuzzy and eyes only partially open. It has been a blessing.
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Let’s Be Quitters, Shall We?
On the first day of our month-long retreat, as we traveled along I-40 West in our white 12-passenger van, I purchased a book. From the moment ‘Kisses from Katie’ first appeared on my iPhone, I felt different. I mean after all, I had just downloaded a book onto my phone, while traveling along an interstate…
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God’s Creation
This trip has been both refreshing and restorative. Far removed from many obligations and a busy calendar, the burden of appointments and activities lifted, I’ve been able to relish and rest in the ordinary moments.
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Saturday in Tennessee
My Saturday morning began with something quite luxurious… my husband let me sleep late. When he jumped out of bed with our two little girls at 7:00ish, I blessed him repeatedly and expressed my unfailing love. Unfortunately, I was pretty convinced I wouldn’t be able to fall back asleep. Yet somehow I managed the impossible.…
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Makinley Hope: God Writes the Story
“I believe that God totally, absolutely, intentionally gives us morethan we can handle. Because this is when we surrender to Himand he takes over, proving Himself by doing the impossible.” -from “Kisses from Katie“ I was maybe 10 weeks pregnant with our sixth child when we packed our bags and locked the doors to…
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A Scandalous Story of Love: The Move
We spoke with a realtor in the Raleigh area. We scoured Apartment Finder magazines. We spotted an ad in the Boston Globe advertising leases on Honda Civics for a reasonable monthly payment. This is how the world worked back in 1995 before the internet had gone viral. The only thing we didn’t have lined up…
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Cabin Fever
For the first six days of our mountain adventure we had nonstop illness. It came in the form of raging fevers that lasted five days and a 48 hour stomach bug. I literally waited hand and foot on listless children, lounging across sofas, watching countless hours of television. I medicated, forced fluids, and buttered toast…
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Makinley Hope: Waiting
We were fully prepared to learn after our week of testing at NYU, that the seizure activity was bilateral, and surgery wasn’t an option for our daughter Gabrielle. Duke University had already told us that this appeared to be the case. We entered the doors of Langone Medical Center with guarded hope, knowing that without…
Kelly O'Melia
Stumbling Heavenward
