Memorizing Scripture and Yorkies

With the cold weather, our little, neurotic, 6 pound, Yorkie has been sleeping a little higher up on our bed. Snuggled in a fleece blanket between my husband and me, Clark had hunkered down for a long winter’s nap last night. In the wee hours, I rolled over and sent the small dog into a […]

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1/19/2024

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Grace Upon Grace

“For from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace.” John 1:16 (ESV) As I sit here looking out at the snow (3ish inches or so), God’s goodness overwhelms me. Yes, a snow day free from work responsibilities, but there is SO much more grace to be grateful for: puzzles, games and snow time […]

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1/17/2024

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Ordinary Days

Our holiday season was different this year. It started with deadly tornados ripping through our town. This event closed schools a week early for Christmas break and I found a God-given grace in the extra time it provided. Wally and I escaped town for a couple of nights to celebrate our December wedding anniversary (an […]

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1/01/2024

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Especially at Christmas

Not two days ago, an EF3, 600 yard-wide tornado tore a path over 11 miles long across the north part of our county. Hundreds of houses and businesses have been leveled. Schools damaged. Property lost. Lives forever altered and lives lost. The destruction photographs and videos I have grown so numb to seeing on the […]

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God Bestows Favor & Honor

This week the Tennessee Department of Education released teacher scores. They take each teacher’s assigned students, analyze how they perform on the one big state assessment and then score that teacher on a scale from 1 to 5. The teacher gets to say whether they want to be evaluated on student growth or overall performance, […]

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God Is A Shield

I don’t remember the day, where we were going, or even why we were in the car. It was sunny, very sunny, and very hot, as it tends to be in August in Middle Tennessee. My nine year old asks from the back seat why that “silly” lady is walking under an umbrella on such […]