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Unappointed
Read more: UnappointedDear lady in the row in front of us at church today, Thank you for taking your baby out of his car seat exactly when you did. During worship, I watched you and your husband diligently checking under the blanket covered car seat. At an unappointed moment, you reached in and took him out of…
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Left
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Read more: LeftI confess. I lost myself for a while. When someone would ask how I was I would begin speaking about how the boys were or my mom or my husband. I have one friend who would always stop me and ask, “but how are YOU?” I never really knew how to answer that question. I…
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Three Minutes
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Read more: Three MinutesI’ve been thinking a lot about grace, mercy, and forgiveness lately. Last week I got a phone call disguised as my worst nightmare as the parent of a non verbal child with special needs. The voice on the other end used words… Adult protective services…Complaint of neglect…Investigating whether substantial…An incident on May 3… A person…
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Perseverance
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Read more: PerseverancePerseverance: continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition. Today is a date of remembrance for me and my children. It is a date that has lost power over the last 13 years but will remain, for the rest of our lives, as a date of life altering, horrific, and traumatic…
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Loving Like He Was…
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Read more: Loving Like He Was…We’ve heard the adage we should live like we are dying. Life is short. Take the Trip. Buy the Shoes. Eat the cake. Live as if every day is our last. But what if we take the focus from ourselves and live and love as if others are dying? How much slower would we be…
