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Get Your Hopes Up {a Free Chalkboard Printable}

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Ever findyourself feeling like you’re in a hopeless situation? When plans don’t go the way I think they should or it looks like there’s just no light at the end of the dark tunnel, I have to stop and remember: God is in control of mysituation. I have reason to hope. Not the fingers-crossed, dandelion-seeds-in-the-windkind […]

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Dear Mom, I Couldn’t Help But Notice

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Dear Mom, Go ahead and grab the tissues. Because even though this family of ours has always been voted Most Likely to Cry at the First Sign of a Sentimental Moment, we’ve broken even our own records in these past several weeks, and we might as well not bother holding back now. It’s hard to […]

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Today

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One month. My family has lived our first month without my dad here, and we’re amazed at the overwhelming sense of absence and presence. The absence of a person so big to us that he’ll never be able to be replaced. And the presence of a God so real to us that we can never […]

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Peace and Quiet

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My house is quiet. After nearly 3 months of everything being different and hard and heart-wrenchingly beautiful, it’s quiet again. Painfully quiet. I’m still living on the verge of tears, depending on the strength of my God as I put my house back in order and move back into our master bedroom. And today, this […]

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Speaking of Prayer

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This morning, as I sat at our breakfast table with my family, I listened to my dad as he prayed long and deep for all of us dear to him. He has been sparing his words in these recent days and hours as it takes so much energy to speak, but when he prays, it’s […]

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