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Continue reading →: Buttercups Dare Me to Believe It
I felt the tears well behind my eyes walking up to the four buttercup blooms. I first noticed the telltale yellow burst of a flower while in the middle of an ordinary task as I passed by our bedroom window. Soon after I would sit in the cool grass, hear…
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Continue reading →: The Quiet Part (out loud)
When I was about 6 weeks pregnant with my son I remember quietly admitting to my sister-in-law that I knew how to trust God with pain, but I didn’t know how to trust Him with joy. I had long years in the crushing season of infertility and still there was…
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Continue reading →: To Good Places in a Hurry – life these days💖
I use to hold my baby boy at the goat pen and say, “Look at your future chores.” Yesterday, I told him to put his boots on and “take this bag down to Dad.” It was supposed to go down with the compost for the chickens, but it got left…
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Continue reading →: How Cake Accompanies the Best Love Stories
No one told me how perfect it feels to carry a cake alight with birthday candles to the sound of a family singing Happy Birthday. Or how happy I’d feel shielding the candles and seeing the faces of those I love most dearly through the flickering flame. It’s so familial…




