I’m out of words before I start writing, because how do you say thank you to someone who has shaped your life, patiently taught you right from wrong, and cared for you selflessly for longer than you can remember? When I look at my mom, I see someone who operates out of genuine love. Someone […]
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Poem of the Week: A Sun-Day Hymn by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oh snap. Second week into this and I’m a day late. Oh well – I don’t think I said an exact day that this was going to happen each week. But Fridays are my goal – only yesterday my niece was over all day, so I have a very fun reason for being late. 🙂 […]
Introducing: Poem of the Week
I never used like poetry. I thought it was schmaltzy. But then one day I read a poem by James Whitcomb Riley, and I discovered that it contained not a speck of schmaltz, but rather was musical and folksy, and I liked it. With that beginning, my opinion of poetry gradually changed and I learned […]
The Easter Outfit Quest: Conclusion
Since I’ve already left this hanging far longer than I should have (I’m a horrible blogger, I know), I won’t prolong it any more. Here is the finished product and the pattern I used to make it (I purposely cut my head off in the pictures – I was going to take a picture of […]
The Paradox of Good Friday
It is something of a paradox that the day we remember Christ’s death on the cross is called “Good Friday.” I can’t think of any other day in history that could have been so incredibly good for some people, yet so incredibly bad for others. It’s interesting to think about the different groups of people […]
Easter Outfit Update
I figured I’d better get the Easter outfit saga continued before Easter came and went. 😛 Shortly after the first post, we went to Joann Fabrics. Before we went in, I prayed and told the Lord that if there was nothing in there for my outfit I would be okay with it. I meant it, […]