O God, who holdest all souls in life; and callest them unto thee as seemeth best: we give them back, dear God, to thee who gavest them to us. But as thou didst not lose them in the giving, so we do not lose them by their return. For not as the world giveth, givest [...]
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Hello, moon. It is three am and you woke me up. I looked out the window at the silver blue light cascading and spilling out all over the snow covered hills and flowing into every nook and cranny of the valley and I thank Him for the gift. She even left a few stars out [...]
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Adventure. In real life, it’s not what people like to think it is. I look online, and see people embracing their dreams. People who look inside themselves to “follow their bliss” and go camel trekking in the Sinai desert. And they somehow forget to remember to include God in what their dreams could be (or [...]
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My dad was a technical genius and he loved computers. We always had technology in the house, and that was a long time ago. I remember playing DOS games on the TRS-80, being amazed at the Amiga, and beating my sister at Archon on the Commodore 64. When the first gaming systems came out, we [...]
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Till they perish and they suffer—some, ’tis whisper’d—down in hell Suffer endless anguish, others in Elysian valleys dwell, Resting weary limbs at last on beds of asphodel. Surely, surely, slumber is more sweet than toil, the shore Than labor in the deep mid-ocean, wind and wave and oar; O, rest ye, brother mariners, we will [...]
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This fall, I wrote about the amazing miracle that took place at Ray’s Chevron in Rexburg, Idaho. I wrote about being afraid to trust Heavenly Father sometimes, because you never know what you’re getting yourself into. I quoted Paul: It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. But call [...]
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I will let you in on a little secret regarding getting your child into college. It’s not that hard. And here is another secret, one that is slowly but surely being brought to the attention of the general public: Paying more for a “prestigious” education is, for most people, not worth it. My husband, who [...]
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Saturday was a good day. I took a shower and I was able to get to the sitting room for twenty minutes. The pain level wasn’t too bad, and I even tried to walk to the kitchen to hang out with my husband, who was making lunch. That was overachieving, and he suggested that I [...]
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Like many homeschooling mothers, at the beginning of my journey I had some very lofty ideas. And while my children were very young and I had much more energy than I do now, my ideals became ever loftier. Whenever I faced a setback to reaching my illustrious goals, I just dusted myself off and started [...]
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So, here it is. A new year. Oh, and did I mention I turned 40 years old a few weeks ago? It was epic. Well, not really. And, so I have all kinds of things I am going To Do. And I have my Resolutions. And I stand resolute. And, shaking in my boots. Who [...]
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