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Maybe it would be different…

Posted on April 3, 2020 by For Glory Sake!

Had I not lost my 1st baby and 4th baby and 7th baby to miscarriage, Had we not been given the gift of another son who overcame his past and grew and flourished and succeeded, Had I not stood by … Continue reading →

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A word I don’t like.

Posted on March 18, 2020 by For Glory Sake!

Cancer. Yuck. I heard it growing up regarding my grandfather. I was about 9. Not long after, I heard it again: my uncle, my grandmother, my two older sisters. It frightened me. The biggest shock came in 2010 when my … Continue reading →

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Not just for me

Posted on May 25, 2019 by For Glory Sake!

I kept a book close at hand in 2010, Pearls of Great Price. A devotional by Joni Erickson Tada a quadriplegic woman who has lived in a wheelchair as many years as I’ve been alive!😱 Her story “Joni” is quite … Continue reading →

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Always an Addict?

Posted on September 25, 2014 by For Glory Sake!

I have an amazing friend who’s battled stage 4 cancer for 6 years!  Even when all her tumors shrunk in size and most disappeared, she was still called “Stage 4.” One time I got my nerve up and asked her, “Don’t they … Continue reading →

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Blessed

Posted on April 7, 2014 by For Glory Sake!

I am blessed by this latest trial of my husband’s illness and hospital stay. Can you imagine anyone saying that? Or really meaning it? But I am quite serious- I really feel blessed. James says to “count it all joy” … Continue reading →

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Keys

Posted on March 31, 2014 by For Glory Sake!

Our first moving day is finally here… Keys will be in hand soon and we can begin this new adventure… It feels like it’s been a long process getting here; deciding it was time. My parents decline began back in … Continue reading →

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1John 4:16

Posted on January 23, 2014 by For Glory Sake!

1John 4:16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in His love… Mentally exhausted from my week of caring for my parents, I went to a new women’s Biblestudy today. I usually host a … Continue reading →

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God is Bigger Still

Posted on October 31, 2013 by For Glory Sake!

These last 2 weeks have seemed particularly emotional ones. My father’s mind is slipping deeper and deeper into dementia and my mother’s frailty seems more acute. A close precious friend is suffering the terrible side effects of throat radiation (!) … Continue reading →

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Where You Don't Want to Go

Posted on October 27, 2013 by For Glory Sake!

The other morning I woke to the distinct impression of God telling me He was going to take me where I “don’t want to go.” What a strange thing to feel like God was saying. I wondered why I would … Continue reading →

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Quite a Tale

Posted on October 9, 2013 by For Glory Sake!

Once again today, I found myself explaining to an old friend (that I hadn’t seen some 10+ years) who the big brunette guy is in our family photo of blondies. It never fails, the next question following is, “Well, where … Continue reading →

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