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The Joy and Grief of Raising Baby Goats
This popped up on my Facebook memories yesterday. These two surprise baby goats arrived a couple months before my son’s birth. It was such a happy thing. Their mama, Hattie, had a terrible time during her first kidding so to have this one be so smooth and light was a relief and a blessing. Sadly… Continue reading
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Celebrating a DECADE of Marriage with a Garden Picnic
It was the dried ramen noodle stuck to our porch deck when nearly everything else was arranged in such simple, beautiful detail. It was our pastor praying for dinner just as a lilting, cheerful song was playing from the “Picnic Party Playlist.” It was talking about potty training with one of my dearest friends while… Continue reading
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Heartbeat – a poem for happy, sad expectant mothers
Last spring as oak leaves finally came in green I stared at them, blue sky between, felt sad about things outside my grasp, no control for what may happen next. But before the spring turned up sad I found out about you one Sunday afternoon. Tucked quiet, happy in my womb, I thought all that’s… Continue reading
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Little Life of Mine – the luxury of a quiet existence
Since Ben and I moved into our little blue house in spring 2016 I’ve watched us and everything grow. It’s a beautiful time lapse in my mind with terribly hollow seasons that always left an aftermath of God’s hope and healing in their wake. And in that wake the porch garden spilled into the yard… Continue reading
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