Author: Jamie
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 14
Oh my goodness gracious! I am sooooo glad we already planned to take next week off school because it is soooo necessary for all of our sanity! {sigh} By far the most meaningful thing we did this week was to celebrate the life of a dear young man who “graduated” to heaven last week after…
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I don’t “have to”
One day last week, we were doing a little shopping at Walmart. While Lindsey was looking for some new jeans, a girl randomly walked up and started talking to us. For some reason, people just do that to us on a pretty regular basis. Our friendly faces, perhaps? But I digress… Anyway, Lindsey went to…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 601 – 625
Whatever will I do with my Mondays once I’ve counted my “one-thousand gifts”? It’ll still be quite some time before I’ve reached 1,000 so I have plenty of time to figure that out. Have you tried this? It’s amazingly hard, even with being naturally a pretty thankful person! Join the Gratitude Community at A Holy…
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Birthday tea for Mom
Friday was my mom’s birthday, so we celebrated with tea! It’s what we do. 🙂 But this time, I surprised her by inviting one of her dearest friends to tea, too! I don’t think I’ve ever tried to surprise my mom with anything like that before. She was delighted! Virginia has been a friend of…
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Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 13
Yesterday, while Kathryn and I were sitting on the sofa doing a little math, I noticed what I thought to be a leaf or something tracked in from outside — until it moved! It was a very small blue-tailed skink, which we managed to catch and release. Specifically, Kathryn managed to trap and release. Can…