Author: Jamie
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Learn Cherokee: online language class + other resources
For nearly two decades I’ve wanted to study Cherokee, but resources for learning this dying language were far and few between. I bought a copy of the Lord’s Prayer in Cherokee and hung it on my wall, and I somehow managed to teach myself (as best I could) one verse of Amazing Grace, which has…
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Better than a Tupperware party
Right now, I’m enjoying a simple summer. No big plans, just working on enjoying life as it comes. One of the highlights has been a little party I hosted for my own birthday. It was kind of like a good ol’ fashioned Tupperware party but better because it benefits Mercy House Kenya. I kept the…
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41 Things about Me
I’ve been a little AWOL here on the blog, but I’m taking my summer plans seriously and it’s already been so good for me. Today I turn 41. FORTY-ONE. That’s crazy, y’all. I’m not complaining; it’s just crazy. I still have to think every time someone asks how old I am. It seems like I…
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Summer Plans {love my life}
Last week I read One Light Still Shines, told by the woman known to most of the world as “the shooter’s wife” in the 2006 Amish schoolhouse shooting. It wouldn’t seem so, but hers is an encouraging story of hope. God sustained her and she felt him promise not to “fix” things but to redeem…
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Almost-Summer Homeschooling
First of all, let me brag on our eldest! Brandon has accepted a teaching position as a middle school band director; this is his first full-time “real” teaching job! And his beautiful wife Diane is a brand new college graduate! {Love how she decorated the top of her cap!} They’ll be moving closer to Brandon’s…