Our Hero for 9 Years Today!
Wearing blue jeans, a hot pink T-shirt, worn out cowgirl boots and my hair pulled back in a clippy, I met Rip at the Home Depot parking lot 9 years ago today. Now, he was sporting his Kroger navy blue dress shirt and kacky pants, but the one thing we…
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The Art of Slowing Down
Rip and I live on land that allows us to do so many things … things that are so refreshingly unpretentious that they could easily be overlooked. Yet, we know the simplicity of our country life are blessings from God to be enjoyed, but also shared with whomever God sends…
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All Through a Greeting Card
The walk to our mailbox is always the same. A nice steady stroll with our dog up the long driveway, then I take hold of the small bronze knob, open the door, and start pulling out all the flyers, envelopes, coupon booklets and advertisement brochures, only to put about 1/2…
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How Beautiful You Are!
The more I read it, The more it’s meaning and purpose in Scripture becomes more clear to me and, The more thankful I am for, the word beautiful. He [God] has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in…
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Spring Wreathes that Share a Message
This past Sunday, Rip and I not only worshipped together while our pastor, Ronnie Falvey, brought the most powerful message on the Cross of Christ, but we also had communion together. And let me just tell you, if on Sunday, when you come home from church, if you and your…
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Spring Cleaning … the Real Way to Clean!
So, many of you know that Rip and I use Norwex products all throughout this house! From washing cars, to Rip’s fascination with the Norwex bath towels, to the kitchen cloths, detergent, EnviroCloth, Window polishing cloths, cleaning paste…and on and on I could go so this WON’T be a post…
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Easter Cake Recipes
I love making cakes now only because the chefs on Food Network have helped me to stop being so afraid to work with sugar! haha! So, here are a few Easter Cake Recipes for you…I’ll be making the first one this Easter … because as you look at these I’m…
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The Power of the Cross!
It was late in the afternoon because the sun was just barely beaming in through the windows and laying subtle streaks of light across the hardwood floors in our guest room. Down on my knees scooting along the baseboards, I was applying fresh white paint when I found myself at…
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Hummingbird Cake Recipe
Rip’s favorite bird is the hummingbird. Well, maybe I need to say it this way…Rip’s total-in-awe-bird-fascination that causes the whole entire world to stop, makes him put out not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 hanging bird feeders, walks through TSC and wants to actually buy another one, will…
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Cocooning Matters … for Newlyweds and Empty Nesters
For newlyweds, one of the most important decisions they can make is one that marriage counseling will refer to as, cocooning. Cocooning is when a new married couple comes home from their honeymoon and they intentionally choose to give and create for themselves privacy. To be so deliberate in their…
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