The card reads “I Still Forever Do.” The dozen roses for our dozen years are sunrise yellow with edges dipped in sunset orange… just like the late September leaves of our late September wedding. Twelve years of marriage celebrated simple. Worship together before our Lord. Pray and study the Bible with a small group of…

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“I dropped it,” he sobbed. Slurred nearly-awake words dribble story of rock lost during nap. Mommy arms wrap comfort and wipe away sleep-sweat. “Did you lose your rock in your bed?” “Yes.” “Let’s go find it.” Eager suddenly-awake feet pound to his bunk bed, and he plops onto the rug, confident. Shake out sheets, lift…

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This is my fourth child. He is three. (Yes, he is in pajamas. Did I mention he’s the fourth?) Before the day I took this photo, he didn’t know how to climb trees. He was too short to reach the bottom-most branch. I rested confident he wouldn’t turn up in a tree for a few…

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This summer, my 7-year-old began dumping every single Lego he owns all over his bedroom floor. Daily. At first, this triggered a spike in my blood pressure. But after taking some time to play with him, I learned you really can’t find the pieces you need unless you spread them all out. when I asked…

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The first month of summer we spent planning our contribution to Vacation Bible School and then participating in it. My husband and I helped lead the singing, and he also wrote some puppet scripts to go along with each day’s lesson. The week of VBS, we really enjoyed spending time with all the kids. (I…

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Most days this spring, at least one of my children races into the house, clutching a warm squished fistful of blooms from the yard:   already brown, wilted dandelions   stubs of orange and surprisingly fragrant pansies    the first petal from a rose bush   balls of flowers the size of oranges The first few (or several)…

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