Tag: happiness
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unexpected grace
Have you ever been given grace, but you weren’t expecting it? I have. Allow me to explain. It was a warm September evening this past fall. I was doing too many things at once. I had taken on a kitchen project: putting up a backsplash. On a trip to Home Depot early that week for…
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because the laundry never stops
I love Seinfeld. When I was on bedrest 5 years ago, I filled time by playing Seinfeld trivia regularly on my phone. I got pretty (pretty, pretty) good. The repetition of the questions made the most intricate details form the show stick with me. For example, Jerry’s phone number is “KL5-8383.” There is a scene…
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on your first Christmas
It’s your first Christmas, and I’m pretty sure you don’t get it. You slept in today, thank you for that. As we brought you downstairs in your candy-stripe pajamas, I know we were acting weird. We showed you stuff wrapped in shiny paper, and after a week of deterring you, we finally let you rip…
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my unknown blessing
It may not look like it at first glance, but these photos were taken in exactly the same spot. The top photo was two years ago, and the bottom is from a week ago. I like to do that sometimes, compare where I was and where I am. I like to think about how things have changed,…
my western nest 