I was delighted to watch a short video this morning.
A young mom, that I know from my old church, is living with her family in Colorado.
Her husband is there on business.
They have two sons.

This young woman is an amazing photographer.
The pictures she posts on her blog are spectacular.
She captures God’s creation in all its Glory.

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I helped in my daughter’s second grade class today.
It was such an incredible blessing to be there.
They are amazing children.

The children were writing non-fiction stories.
I was there to conference with them before they wrote their final draft.
Even when a simple topic was chosen, their viewpoint was so refreshing.

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The roads were a bit slick, since freezing rain had fallen through the night.
I spun out the next day on black ice…back when I was a college student.
There was no damage to my car…or to any other car.
I was alone, in the daytime, on a back road…with no one else around.
It was a frightening experience…to lose control…even for a second.

I was thinking of that today…remembering when I was sixteen and first learned to drive.
I was a good driver, but there was one thing I could not master.
I insisted on helping the steering wheel turn.

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I poked myself in the eye this morning.
I woke up and quickly jumped out of bed to turn off my alarm.
I keep my alarm clock on the other side of the room so that once I’m up…I’m up!
When I rubbed my sleepy eyes, I poked my eye with my finger.

We have all poked our eye with something.
It hurts!
Your eye wants to stay closed…almost as if to say…leave me alone!
Walking around with one eye opened and one eye closed is no easy task.

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My youngest daughter and I went out to lunch yesterday.
It is so nice to talk about everything and nothing.
It is so nice to open up a space…and listen.

Listen to thoughts and dreams.
Dreams.
That was an interesting subject today.

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To this day, I have no explanation for what happened.
The children and I were going to church…everyone buckled in.
It was winter and there had been snow the day before.
The roads were plowed…snow packed down…the road salt hadn’t fully melted it yet.

You have to be aware of black ice where the snow had melted.
Black ice is deceitfully slippery.
We were driving down the road, approaching the intersection.
Today, this intersection is a four way stop…back then, it had only two stop signs.

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This was grocery shopping day.
The day when I take money out of the ATM machine and give it to the grocery store.
Yes…in the day of charge cards and debit cards…I still pay cash for our groceries.

For years, my husband has suggested that I charge the groceries.
I just never wanted to…paying cash always kept me on track.
If I charged our food bill, it would have been too easy to go over our food budget.

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I had to do a double take!
I came out of the store and saw the oddest sight!
I thought it was a person waiting for someone in the store.
Taking a closer look, it was a large dog sitting in the driver’s seat of a car.
His front paws were on the steering wheel.

He saw me and began to bark.
I just happened to be parked right next to him.
As I got into my car, the dog left his post and came over to the passenger side.
He continued to bark.

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There is usually a candle burning in my kitchen.
One of my favorite scents is Country Store.
It really does smell like its name.
Cinnamon, allspice…wonderful kitchen smells.

I usually burn one large candle a month.
After we decorated for Christmas, I realized I never bought my Christmas candle.
Christmas Tree scent…with a bit of balsam…perfect for this time of year.

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