Pursuing Your God-Given Dreams
As a boy, my father-in-law, Clement (also known by his English nickname, “Bud”), accompanied his dad to some remote African villages where they planned
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Curiosity Journal: Aug 17, 2011
Each Wednesday I’m recording a Curiosity Journal, a recap of the past week. Tag words are: reading, playing, learning, reacting
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Wherever You Send Us, We Will Go
My dad phoned on Saturday asking if we could help him with a rental unit. The renter moved out, and
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Food on Fridays: Taste-Testing Chickpea Soup
(smaller button below) Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—though we love
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Boy Meets Bag
A couple of years ago the kids and I were looking through the purses and bags at Goodwill, and our
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Celebrating My Writer-Mom
My mom worked as the editor of our local newspaper, covering news all over the county. If a reporter couldn’t
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Food on Fridays: Festival Spillage
Here at the Food on Fridays carnival, any post remotely related to food is welcome—it doesn’t have to be a recipe. Food on
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Festival of Faith & Writing 2010: Friday Highlights
The Festival is over. I’ve returned home to laundry and lunches. I’ve also typed e-mails with numerous typos due to
Disney Survivor
We waited 16 years to take the plunge. We put it off mostly because it’s the opposite of everything I
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The Collision of Work and Family: Bump
In A Circle of Quiet, Madeleine L’Engle wrote: During the long drag of years before our youngest child went to
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Post-Wog Flop
My daughters and their friends flop onto the grass after a five-mile training “wog.” Submitted to Wordless Wednesday. “Tired Woggers”
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Wogging the Mini
We’re training for a half-marathon with our girls. Boy, has it been hard to drag ourselves out and log the
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Reward the Good and Ignore the Bad: Does It Work?
Not long ago I wrote about Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique when working with writers. The post generated a variety
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Destructive Criticism vs. Healthy Critique
Writers write to be heard, which means writers must brace themselves for input, whether it ends up being destructive
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MMM January 2010: Final Celebration
Mega Memory Month January 2010 Final Celebration Mega Memory Month comes to a close. The last day of the month,