*Thanks to Mary Agrusa, today’s guest contributor, for sharing this beautiful piece with everyone.* This weekend I saw it. Looking out my living room window I got the distinct impression that fall had arrived. Perhaps the approaching storm played tricks with the refractions of… Continue Reading “Change gonna come”
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Category: gratitudeTags: autumn, calendar, change, climate, cooler weather, faith, fall, giving thanks, God, God is in control, grateful, gratitude, growth, heat, hope, Mary Agrusa, nature, seasons, spring, summer, summer haze, sun, temperature, thankful, winter
*Today’s post is a real breath of fresh air! Thanks to my friend Debra Dickey for sharing this piece with all of us.* Ragweed and pear trees and eyes that keep itching. Mud tracks and boot prints that get in my kitchen. Raining and… Continue Reading “A few of my favorite things”
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Category: gratitudeTags: allergies, blooming, bugs, fauna, favorite things, flora, flowers, God, grateful, gratitude, gratitude list, nature, new beginnings, pollen, ragweed, seasons, Sound of Music, spring, thankful, universe, yard work
Posted on June 3, 2013
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Our plans for the entire weekend fell apart. A workshop I planned on hosting had to be rescheduled due to dangerous weather conditions. I felt so disappointed. I’d been looking forward to the chance to see old friends and benefit from the shared experience,… Continue Reading “We plan. God laughs.”
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Category: gratitudeTags: anal retentive, birthday, change, change of plans, coffee, control freak, flexibility, friendship, God, grateful, gratitude, interview, lack of control, motherhood, nap, nursing, parenting, plans, rain, relaxation, rest, Saturday, sleep, spring, stay-at-home mom, Sunday, sunset, taking a break, teaching, teaching philosophy, thankful, to-do list, We plan and God laughs, weekend, when God has other plans, workshop, writing
Posted on April 10, 2013
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*Thanks to Amy Driskill for pitching in as today’s guest contributor. Happy spring time, everybody!* Spring time is a time of growth and renewal. I look around me now, and I see wildflowers popping up all over my yard. As I sit here, I… Continue Reading “New names”
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Category: gratitudeTags: Abraham, Abram, adoption, Bible, child of God, confidence, God, grateful, joy, light, new, new names, Paul and Saul, renewal, restoration, Royal Family Kids Camp, Sarai, spring, spring time, violets, wildflowers
Posted on March 13, 2012
by bethanymwallace
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I’m never been a big “gift” person. In Chapman terms, giving and receiving gifts is not my main love language. I’d much rather have someone spend an hour with me over coffee having genuine conversation, as I plan to do in an hour at… Continue Reading “Love in a cup”
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Category: gratitude, photographyTags: Amelia Bedelia, Bath & Body Works, cookies, fill up my cup, flowers, friends, Gary Chapman, gift giving, gifts, gratitude, love, love languages, McDonald's, prayer, spring, Valentine's Day
Since writing about some of my very deep, personal struggles on my blog, I have noticed that my friends (and sometimes people I don’t even know well) have started sharing their own struggles with me and with other people in their lives. One friend… Continue Reading “Spring cleaning”
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Category: gratitudeTags: airing dirty laundry, blog, coming out of the closet, dry bones, friends, God, healing, miracles, sharing secrets, skeletons, soul, spring, spring cleaning, transformation, writing
Posted on February 25, 2012
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Today I’m grateful for spring. The daffodils have risen up out of the cold, brown mulch. We can barely keep the bird feeder full. Most of the trees along our trails in the woods are now covered with tiny, closed buds. And I’m grateful… Continue Reading “I am making everything new.”
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