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<p>Our little pekingese, Izzy, loves the sunlight. She rambles through the house in pursuit of the sunshine. Once there she lies down and basks in &hellip;</p>

<p>One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was tell my children that they lost a sibling. A sibling they never knew existed. &hellip;</p>

<p>Farming has taught me a lot about being a mom. Cattle are excellent teachers, if one just pays attention. Life is much the same, even &hellip;</p>

<p>Names matter. When we&#8217;re born, the name our parents give us means something. Maybe it&#8217;s a family name or a history tied to it, or &hellip;</p>

<p>OK, girls. Let&#8217;s promise not to get on social media, peruse the other posts of all the men that got it &#8220;right&#8221; on Valentine&#8217;s Day &hellip;</p>

<p>Have you ever been hurt by someone and had trouble forgiving them? Or maybe you&#8217;ve forgiven them because it&#8217;s the right thing to do, but &hellip;</p>

<p>Dear College Senior, College graduation might be way off for some, but for you it is just around the corner. The emails are flooding your &hellip;</p>

<p>Do you ever feel like a loser? Maybe the day started all wrong when the alarm clock failed to go off, the toast burned, and &hellip;</p>

<p>[5AM. wide awake. blog post draft is scrapped. I&#8217;ve thought of one that is more suitable. headed to write it. i hear a gentle voice. &hellip;</p>

<p>Our kids need you. Having kids&#8211;no matter their age&#8211;is tough. Life tugs in all directions. Our parents need us, our jobs demand us be at &hellip;</p>

<p>&nbsp; What&#8217;s with the inconsistency? And how do the ones closest to us hone in on it? When I&#8217;m outside our home, I have a &hellip;</p>

<p>I love to entertain. I enjoy inviting my friends and family over. Sometimes I plan things, and sometimes people just stop by. Both are fine &hellip;</p>

<p>The older I get, the more I want things that can&#8217;t be touched, only felt. Encouraging words and quality time will send me soaring. I &hellip;</p>

<p>Have you as a parent ever owned your child’s mistakes? Have you ever beat yourself up because your child made a bad decision? I have. &hellip;</p>

<p>Have you ever been so deep in a situation that you can&#8217;t see beyond it? Have you been so drenched in darkness that you can&#8217;t &hellip;</p>

<p>Have you ever tried to rescue someone and they just wouldn&#8217;t let you? Did they keep heading in a destructive direction and sinking further into &hellip;</p>

<p>Sometimes we have to shed the old before we can put on the new. Some call it autumn. I call it fall. Whatever you call &hellip;</p>

<p>When I decided to blog, I was scared. I knew that I wanted to share my heart, but doing so meant that I had to &hellip;</p>

<p>I finally let myself do the math. I counted up thirty weeks on the calendar from January 10th and my finger landed on August 7th. &hellip;</p>