A Christian’s Perspective on Abortion: Why I’m “Pro Choice”

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Like so many things today, the ability to access abortion services has been hijacked by both the right and the left. Many politicians who don’t actually care one way or the other about you or what rights you have, use the abortion issue as a voting platform and, yes, both sides do this.  Many activists […]

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Is There A Boogie Man In Your Choices Of Entertainment?

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When I was a teenager in the 80’s I had a 1 hour soap opera I had to watch each day after school, Santa Barbara.  Later, when I was married with my first child, I, like millions of other women…and now men, invited into my home each day 2 to 3 hours of soap opera […]

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Why You Should Never Complain to Your Parents About Being Bored

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Do you remember what happened when you were younger and would complain to your parents that you were bored? In most instances it wasn’t a good idea. In our home this is a word that has NEVER been allowed, no, NEVER! It is up there is the worst of all swear words! There is reasons […]

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Easter: The Gift Of Glimpsing An All-Consuming Love Through Family

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We have often done “homemade Christmas” as an alternative to an over consumerized society during a holiday that really has nothing to do with consumerism. We never believed it appropriate to have our children believe in Santa Clause though we love and teach the real story of St. Nicolas and his love for the Lord, […]

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More Confessions…..But Not Just Yet…..


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I have been working on a third installment of “Confessions: How the present effects the past” and to be quite honest, I am having an incredibility hard time writing that particular post maybe because since I wrote Part 2 I have a lot to confess. Putting all into words on a blank page is extremely […]

March 10, 2018

WINTER REFUSES TO GIVE WAY TO SPRING


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Though spring has shown itself as tidbits here and there in many parts of the country, its refusal to give us hope this far north greeted us this morning.  This was the view we had when we opened the door to the cabin.  We were welcomed by another 10 to 12 inches of fresh white […]

February 23, 2018

Winter Afternoon Art Work


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Ron came home yesterday afternoon after filling the water jugs at the artesian well and called me out from the cabin to show me this beautiful display.  The sun shone just perfectly to enhance the icy crystal tips of the tree tops.  Prior to the sun shining on them we hadn’t noticed they had been […]

February 22, 2018