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More than a tree.
You say you won’t get caught up in the busy-ness that the holidays bring, but there is usually a moment that you realize, it caught you. For me it was the night I stayed up way too late once more to “help” the elves find a new spot to play. The kids were having a…
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The Unexpected Storm
Have you ever found yourself overcome with emotion after watching an episode of a favorite show? Found yourself genuinely consumed, as if the character’s heartache was your own? As long as I can remember, I have watched and reacted to television shows and movies as if I was experiencing exactly what the characters experienced. Sometimes…
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From Caged to Create.
One Friday afternoon I got home from work to discover that my son’s gerbil cage had been left open and he escaped. We spent that evening on a hunt to find him. We checked every room, and every crevice but all we kept finding were traces of his presence, little tiny pieces of poop left…
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Sarcasm or Encouragement?
Have you ever been in an emotional rut? Stuck waking up day after day feeling the same heavy emotion? Carrying the same hopeless mindset that leads you into the same painful experience of trudging through the day? If you have not, that is amazing! I know I definitely have. I have experienced seasons of suffering,…
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Grace in the weeds.
The first time I heard the expression, “In the weeds” was in reference to a server at a restaurant being completely overwhelmed with orders and people. When I became a mother, I thought of this expression often and soon the idea of being “out of the weeds” was a mere illusion. My brain now contains…
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Mother’s Day.
It was the weekend before Mother’s Day in 2018. We went to Cocoa beach and had an incredible day. But as the day was ending and we were rinsing off the sand, the day took a turn. To this day I can see what happened clearly, and at the same time, not clearly at all.…
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Numbers
The other day I noticed something, it was a gift that I had sent to my parents shortly before we left for India. A pillow with the words “Sending hugs from Gracelyn, Garrett and Jackson from 7,854 miles away.” It’s been 4 months and 16 days since we arrived here in upstate NY. 6 weeks…
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Things are not as they should be.
We were walking through a furniture store to pick out a piece for a family member. No big deal. Except for when I wandered off, looking at pieces of furniture, and the strangest thing happened. My chest felt tight. My heart felt uneasy. My brain was telling me, I have been here before. But being…
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Malaysia
So we are not in Nepal! Not sure if you all caught that at the end of the last blog. We rerouted from Indonesia to Malaysia on November 11th. Our plans changed for several reasons. Our last week in Indonesia was pretty tough. We were all travel exhausted and the effects of constant transition were…
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Indonesia
10 years. We have been married 10 years! What better way to celebrate then heading to BALI!!! Bali is a place that we would never have visited had we not already been on this side of the world. So we decided to spend our first two weeks of Indonesia in Bali before heading to an…
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Thailand
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” One week before leaving on a 3 month visa run, Jackson fell off the bed, got a nice slice in the back of his head that required stitches. Lord, have mercy.…
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TRANSITION
“We have this treasure in jars of clay…” 2 Cor 4:7-9 We have all heard this word before. So many meanings for one word. So many visuals. For those giving birth……. transition! For those with kids….. transition!! For big life changes and new stages of life- transition. Sometimes this word brings hope and excitement. Sometimes…
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Mom, look! It’s Heaven!
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 From the mouths of babes…. Upon landing in Dharamshala and exiting the plane, we turned around to see the…
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Purple
“No power in the sky above or in the earth below-indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:39 Some memorables heard in our house this week were, “Mom, for my birthday I want Power Rangers on…
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Life actually.
“Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall, but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.” Isaiah 40:30-31 “Come to me all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 After the grind of language learning, homeschooling and home…
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A Teeter Totter week.
“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.” James 1:6 Up. And down. Up. And down. That was this week. At least it was not like a merry-go-round. Although, my stomach would disagree. Started…
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