Category: family life
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End of Summer
Our Labor Day weekend has been gloriously relaxing, mostly consisting of time with family and some delightfully cooler weather. There has definitely been a hint of fall — my very favorite season — in the air. We’ve gone for walks, played outside, had dinner and a round of “Apples to Apples” with all three kids…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 351-375
I’m more than one-third of the way through my goal of listing one-thousand gifts! 351) I saw a Monarch butterfly in my yard for the first time ever! 352) my Native American flute 353) the new book helping me learn to play #352 354) my dad is out of the hospital 355) dinner with my…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 326-350
Listing more of my one-thousand gifts… 326) talking more with my sister lately 327) sleeping late with my hubby on his birthday 328) Kathryn moved to a chess class at a more convenient time 329) a couple of good visits with my dad 330) laughter 331) Ken having time to help with homeschool this week…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 301-325
Why is it that it seems harder to come up with these on a difficult week? I’m no less blessed, but my mind jumps off onto things it just doesn’t need to jump off onto. So really, counting my gifts is even MORE important on the difficult weeks. With that prompting me, here are twenty-five…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 276 – 300
Oops! I had so much planning and stuff to do to prepare for this week (our first school week) that I totally forgot to do my 1000-gifts post! So here it is, just a little late… 276) compliments about my kids 277) an instant friend to make Lindsey feel welcome at the new school 278)…