Category Archives: personal

where honor is due

Of all the blessings that I count as expressions of God’s love to me my mother is one at the top of the list. I have had the privilege of watching her life being poured out before the Lord: serving others waiting and watching refraining from gossip choosing not to enable surrendering expectations faithfully praying...

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project 50 | eleven

“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” –Thomas Moore

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blessed

Going through old pics, I found this one of Leah from Christmas 2011….you rarely see her here, because she does not often let me take her picture.  I am so grateful for the gifts God has given to me through her….unconditional love, encouragement, meaningful conversations, and a “little” silliness too…just another reminder of how blessed...

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photo a day | 326

how the girls and I spent the afternoon

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Every Saturday morning starting the middle of September until last weekend we rooted for our two favorite teams….the Braves and the Red Sox….well at least the Coach Pitch and T-ball Braves and Red Sox, that is.  The boys had their first introduction to the world of sports, their sister  had her first introduction at being...

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photo a day | 247

a few pics from when the kids came over to celebrate Labor Day Doesn’t every kid love watermelon? T and Papa in the kitchen seasoning the burgers yumminess above angel food cake berries of choice lemon curd whipped together with light cream cheese   miss m found the trail mix   this boy is still...

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photo a day | 244

these flowers make me happy :) :: thank you, Leah, for bringing them home to me last night ::

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photo a day | 234 | bedroom progress

jumping in here to report on the bedroom project Elizabeth came back today to paint the armoire still needs a finish coat debating white or off white next….is painting the bed and THEN I can play play play :) 

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just for fun

Looking for good light to take close up shots… so grateful to my grandson, “T” for being my little model. Sometimes you just want to get some really tight shots. For shots like these you can shoot just about anywhere as long as the light is good. below are the pullbacks The photos on each...

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photo a day | 212

It’s hard to believe she’s been out of school for just a little over a year. She left today for a 10 day business trip. I miss her when she travels. Just a little taste of what things will be like when she moves out for good.

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photo a day | 2012

last week somewhere along the way the old tapes began playing and my focus went askew all I could see was rain and clouds– could only see how far I have to go and not how far I’ve come and then I “stumbled” upon this and was reminded once again it’s not all about what I...

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bedroom progress

As per the request to see the room that got painted yesterday……it’s a looong way from being pulled together, but here is the wall with some colors I like with it.  The color is a little darker than what I envisioned [a little darker than how it photographed here], but I’m going to stay the...

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