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Rats, ticks & other fun stuff

Dec 5, 2016

Rats, ticks & other fun stuff

Dec 5, 2016

If you've been following along, you already know about   ALL THE RAIN and the flooding in the D.R. While we have had a little bit of su...
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Gracious Tempest: When a song reaches in and massages your heart

Dec 4, 2016

Gracious Tempest: When a song reaches in and massages your heart

Dec 4, 2016

I love it when a song touches your heart in a way that you feel like it was meant for you in that moment . . . when words are bent so beauti...
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A moldy situation

Dec 1, 2016

A moldy situation

Dec 1, 2016

When you don't blink twice about baking the ants in your cake mix and then serving said cake to your friends, When things like, "...
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When Comfort Dies

Nov 29, 2016

When Comfort Dies

Nov 29, 2016

Have you ever reached for something to hold onto or to hold you in place  . . . . As if you so desperately needed that something to keep yo...
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The power of "NOT"

Nov 25, 2016

The power of "NOT"

Nov 25, 2016

The drip, drip, drip, drip, drip of a relentless stream of water from the sky has worn a blister in the pit of my stomach, like the rub of a...
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Deep calls to Deep

Nov 21, 2016

Deep calls to Deep

Nov 21, 2016

There are seasons of life that can feel like they will take you under, wave upon crashing wave without pause to gulp for air. Soul pummelled...
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Christ Be With Me

Jul 11, 2016

Christ Be With Me

Jul 11, 2016

Christ be with me,  Christ within me, Photo by Emily Craft:) Christ behind me, Christ before me, ...
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Recent glimpses part II

Jun 25, 2016

Recent glimpses part II

Jun 25, 2016

A continuation of some of my favorite moments in the last few weeks . . . My niece and her pal, both sweet and quiet, enjoying each othe...
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Recent glimpses . . .

Jun 24, 2016

Recent glimpses . . .

Jun 24, 2016

These are some of my recent favorite moments. My new friend Kerri could be an Anthropologie model. She is getting her hair done at Salon...
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Cien por Ciento (100%): The van saga

Jun 23, 2016

Cien por Ciento (100%): The van saga

Jun 23, 2016

On April 14, 2016, one day into our 6 week medical stay in the U.S., we received word from the D.R. that the head gasket on our van motor wa...
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When Sewage Pops Up in the Street . . . in Front of Your House

Jun 22, 2016

When Sewage Pops Up in the Street . . . in Front of Your House

Jun 22, 2016

A couple of times a year, on our nicely paved street, up out of the circular cement cover in the road seeps liquid sewage. Because of the sl...
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Look for a Hand

Jun 20, 2016

Look for a Hand

Jun 20, 2016

Squatting at her laundry tub beside her house with her skirt tucked between her legs, her eyes danced with joy and sorrow. She greeted me w...
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The Undoing of the Undone

Feb 9, 2016

The Undoing of the Undone

Feb 9, 2016

I unravel for His glory. I am the undone. The undoing is the thorn that makes me shriek back, the knee jerk pulling away from the poi...
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