postaday2011
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the club
(published 2003, Adventist Review) Ten feet tall, it stands in my front lawn on a well worn patch of dirt, symbolizing the differences between the worlds on either side of the fence. The basketball hoop is as uncommon a sight in Banepa as is a 225-pound, 6-foot, bearded 17-year-old. And it doesn’t take long for… Read more
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love expressed in boxes–hat boxes
Many years ago I learned the cost of expressing to my husband my smallest interest or my slightest fancy. A casual mention one day of wanting a cast iron trivet in my kitchen resulted in an accumulation of more than 100 cast iron trivets over three years. It happened again when I exclaimed “How cute!”… Read more
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do you see red or green?
When Sky came along, it was Roy’s turn to play stay-at-home parent. Every day, they spent time in anticipation of mommy coming home (which made me feel very special). Every day, there’d be a card or a handmade trinket waiting for me. But once in a while, they’d surprise me and personally deliver my gift.… Read more
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blessed with a comfy life
This has been a Monday unlike most Mondays–minimal emails to answer; the meeting that I expected to last an hour was done in five minutes; found things I was looking for in half the usual time; and fixed dinner in less than 20 minutes: Romano crusted chicken, angel hair pasta, french bread with a balsamic… Read more
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piggyback trips to the e.r.
My first week on the job, I was asked to identify outreach projects for the hospital–something that would not require extra personnel or funds from the operating budget. Doodling on a legal pad, I brainstormed in solitude, looking out the window every now and then. And that’s when I saw a man walking through the… Read more
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lifebox zero
The side of my bed represents the chaos in my life: Everything I may possibly need absolutely has to be right there, within easy access–a cup of tea, my crochet, bills, a giant bottle of Vicks, the books I’m reading, papers related to work, at least three versions of the Bible, yummy snacks, Mr. Kitty’s… Read more
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sink full of blood not enough for you?
I’ve been neglecting my other blog. So today I took time to write a devotion on the Ten Plagues for it. Read more
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the best soap by far
For Christmas my daughter got me a soap from Sweet Petula. It is the best soap I’ve ever used thus far. Here’s my checklist for super quality bathing soap. Sweet Petula met my every requirement. √ Solid, chunky soap. I’m not fond of the delicate little bars of soap that slip through my fingers in the… Read more
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for the lazy cook: spinach macaroni and cheese
I needed something quick and cheap to fix. Came up with this. And, what do you know, it got a thumbs-up from the family. 1 box Kraft macaroni cheese and all the ingredients called for on the box and the cheese packet in the box 1 cup of frozen chopped spinach, thawed 1 cup milk… Read more
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the golden rule: setting a trend of gracious living
Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them. Matthew 7:12, King James Version. If yours was a church-going family, you probably memorized this verse about the same time you learned to speak. And if you’re family was hardcore, you probably used the King James version, like did. I… Read more
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