Dear Friends, God has blessed us in many ways this year. A new home, a new church, and best of all, a new baby girl. We pray that God will bless you in the coming year as much as He has blessed us in 2008. Merry Christmas! Luke, Valerie & Family
Oh, what a difference His presence will make, The slumbering world now awakes… It doesn’t feel like Jesus’ coming has changed much yet. In fact, every year longer we remain on this planet, the world’s judgment and the destruction of the god of this world is that much more deserved. So heartening, then, to think [...]
“Are you the oldest, Sam?” “No, my grandma’s 63!”
“Sam, your shirt is inside out!” “Yeah, because I’m playing Joseph, and Joseph didn’t have a ‘Scooby Doo’ shirt.”
“I know what Daddy really wants for Christmas is for his house to be done, and I can’t give him that…” ~Big A Sniff.
I’m off to enjoy the twelve days to Christmas with my little ones. May your holiday be blessed!
Dear Mother, Whew! I very nearly became ineligible to even write a post like this, as my 15 month old’s sleepless nights were making me wonder if I knew anything on the subject. He has been sleeping better for three whole days, so I am back to suggesting, quite tentatively, these tips to help tired [...]
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We’re talking about George Washington in school this week, and I have to admit that I wasn’t looking forward to going over the usual details (cherry tree slayer [not], war hero, president, great man, yada yada yada). As I was going through some books I got out of our library, however, I was drawn to [...]
“If only I had some grease I could fix some kind of a light,” Ma considered. “We didn’t lack for a light when I was a girl, before this newfangled kerosene was ever heard of.” “That’s so,” said Pa. “These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraph and kerosene and [...]
I made my regular trip to Salvation Army this morning, for their Wednesday half off sale. I found a parking place in the main lot, in one of the painted spaces of the back row. The last few times I have had to park back by the furniture store’s fence, and navigate the kids around [...]
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