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Celebrating Five Years of W.A.C.K.
We ended our school year several days ago, but due to life’s busyness we just got around to having our celebratory party Friday night. I kept is fairly simple as we tied a bow on another school year. I do these little parties for the kids, but also for myself, and for Ryan. They are Continue reading
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Does My Life Reflect My Values?
This is a question that has been floating around in my mind for several weeks now. In fact, it is a question I often consider as seasons change and when I find myself feeling stuck, discontent, or sliding into a funk. As my school year draws to a close and the pace of life is Continue reading
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Some Thoughts on Church
This past Sunday, two soldiers from our chapel congregation were baptized. As a pastor’s wife, I’ve had a front row seat to many baptisms over the years. There has never, ever, been one single baptism where I’ve kept my composure or dry eyes. Seeing someone make the decision to outwardly express his/her decision to follow Continue reading
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Signing Day
Exactly five years ago, Ryan took an oath and joined the United States Army. Around that same time that Ryan was signing away his life for God and country, I felt God nudging me to sign mine over to become my kids’ primary teacher. He was asking me to set aside my prejudices about homeschooling, Continue reading
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When the Immediate Replaces the Intimate
It has been two months since my last confession blog post. Days have turned into weeks and weeks have turned into months and nowhere in that time have I made the time to write or post here. This is the longest stretch in the nearly nine years I have been regularly writing, that I haven’t exercised Continue reading
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A New Year Begins
It’s hard to believe that another new beginning and new calendar year is upon us. These past few days, Ryan and I have joked back and forth about new starts at the beginning of January. He’s a big believer that there’s nothing special about January 1st, or a New Year as far as it having Continue reading
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Adios 2015
Since 2008, the first year I began blogging, I have almost always taken time to end each year reflecting on the previous months, experiences, and milestones. I’ll be honest, some years there has been a huge sense of relief that the year is over. Every year, I find that by taking a few moments to Continue reading
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back to work || December edition
I want to take occasional opportunities over this school year to document some of the thoughts and feelings that are emerging as a back-to-work mom. There’s no telling just what I’ll cover here or what will come up. In case you missed it, I’ve returned to full-time teaching this school year under special and unique circumstances. I decided Continue reading
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back to work || November edition
I want to take occasional opportunities over this school year to document some of the thoughts and feelings that are emerging as a back-to-work mom. There’s no telling just what I’ll cover here or what will come up. In case you missed it, I’ve returned to full-time teaching this school year under special and unique circumstances. I decided Continue reading
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teach them diligently [reflect]
Welcome to the tenth installment of my Teach Them Diligently series. If you’re new here and would like to see the other topics, click below. January [ironing] February [the oven] March [saving] April [safety] May [purging] June [written correspondence] July [cleaning the bathroom] August [planning] September [shopping on a budget] October [rest] One Continue reading
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