Identity

Both of my sons are adopted. I have known them each since their first week of life, but I didn’t become their mom until they were each almost two. When you are close to adopting a child, the adoptive family must select what the child’s name upon adoption will be. Now, I’m not going to…

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an old recipe

there is an old recipe for healing I was given.it is long winded and lacks simplicityand there is always a long drawn-out introduction before you get to the good partthe kind that has you saying to yourself, “why is this so long? just tell me what I need to do.” once you get past the…

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“But, I”

(Just when I thought I was about to pause, it rains all day, and God had other plans. These words are definitely for me, and you just get to come along for the ride.) Can you imagine standing in front of God when you get to heaven? Just sit with that for a minute. Then…

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Something New

I am not a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions. I’ve never had one and I don’t ever plan to. If you do, that is great.  Many years ago, I spent New Years with a friend in Salt Lake City. We had spent a whole summer together on the other side of the world and…

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Finding Resolution

I’m not really sure how heaven works, but if I could meet one person (other than Jesus himself) in heaven one day, I would definitely pick Paul. Paul was a crazy dude with a crazy story. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, start reading the book of Acts tomorrow and you will see…

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