8 Days of Finding Joy During a Pandemic

8 Days of Choosing Joy During a Pandemic

Have you had to look a little harder for joy over the past few months of pandemic? Do you find the coronavirus and the news to all be a little discouraging? Feeling down and being in a place of seeking joy has happened to me many times over the years, not because I am totally Sadness all the time because I am not. It is just that hard times call for digging a little deeper, and we are definitely in difficult […]

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Saying Good-bye to Aunt Linda

The last couple of weeks things have gotten muddy. Problems. Death. Loss. Hurricanes. Math. My broken website. Cold feet. Problems. It reminds me of a song Jamie Grace sings: I’ve had a long day, I just wanna relax Don’t have time for my friends, no time to chit chat Problems at my job, wonderin’ what to do I know I should be working but I’m thinking of you and Just when I feel this crazy world is gonna bring me […]

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ALL the Israel Posts PLUS Our Best 10 Israel Photos

ALL the Israel Posts PLUS Our Best 10 Israel Photos

Going to Israel this year was the most exciting thing that ever happened to me. Yes, I know it’s a big statement to make. I like to make my statements GRANDE!!! Other than my wedding day and the births of my children, this was the BEST!!!!! I wrote, and wrote, and wrote about it, but I have yet to put all of that information into one source, so that’s what I am announcing today. All of the articles I wrote […]

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Israel Trip Photoblog: The Jordan River

Israel Trip Photoblog: The Jordan River

Before we dive in to see the Jordan River, I found a few more beautiful photos of the Sea of Galilee on Alan’s camera!! I am including those here because these showed the lake better than the ones I took! Panoramic view of the Sea of Galilee After leaving the Sea of Galilee, it was finally time for lunch. Let me tell ya, I was STARVING. It was a good thing because lunch was fish caught in the Sea of […]

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Israel Trip: Photoblog of the Sea of Galilee/Lake Kinneret

Israel Photo Tour: Sea of Galilee/ Lake Kinneret/ Sea of Tiberias

This lake, of heavy historic significance, is known by many names. Israelis I spoke with in Tel Aviv referred to it as Yam Kinneret. In the Bible, it is also called the Lake of Gennesaret, the Sea of Galilee, or the Sea of Tiberias. There are many names for it, but just one body of water. Looking over the ruins of ancient Capernaum to the Sea of Galilee The Basics The Sea of Galilee is 13 miles long and 8 […]

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Why Capernaum was Our Favorite City to Visit in Israel

After we left Nazareth, we hopped back on our bus and rode through the ever-so-bumpy streets of Cana. Maybe you have heard of Cana, where Jesus turned the water into wine? We didn’t actually stop in Cana. Another destination was on our minds: Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee!!!! Eeeeeee!!!! So excited!!! That bus ride was so bumpy that my Fitbit credited me with climbing about 200 flights of stairs. Yeah. I earned so many badges. Hahaha! I tried to make […]

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22 Inspiring Photos of Ancient Tabgha, Where Jesus Performed Miracles

22 Inspiring Photos of Tabgha: Where Jesus divided the loaves, healed the leper, and preached the sermon on the Mount

After Nazareth, and before Capernaum, we headed over to Tabgha, to see where Jesus called his first disciples and later performed the miracle of feeding the multitudes with the one basket of bread and fish. This sign below provides a nice overview of what happened here: History and the Bible People often want to compare Christianity with science, which is baffling because Christianity is not science. Those are two different fields. I mean, yes, I believe God created the world because […]

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This Christmas: 1st Year at Home, 1st Non Disaster Story

This might have been the easiest Christmas in 14 years of April and Alan family Christmases. We only had to travel two hours, and we woke up on Christmas morning IN OUR OWN HOUSE. Have you ever??? I mean, we had almost never!! Do you do this? Do other people do this every year??  It was so nice! I mean have you read my other Christmas stories??? Our Nightmare Before Christmas The Funeral, Christmas Trip New Years in San Francisco […]

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Fun Way to Teach the True Meaning of Christmas, with Giveaway!

John David is 3 years old, but he already knows that Christmas equals presents. He is also fully in love with Santa Clause, aka the King of Christmas. And in all fairness, who wouldn’t love a man who shows up once a year just to give you all the things you wanted???? Sign me up for that! So you might be wondering why I’m talking about Christmas in October, but the thing is that if you are planning a children’s […]

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“Are you so happy, Mom?”

John David asks me one question every single day. “Mom, are you so happy? I just want you be happy, Mom.” If I cry, he can’t take it. “No, Mom! I just want you be happy!” If I get stressed and start rushing around, “Mom, I just want you be happy!” If he’s in trouble for something, well, if John David gets in trouble for something he does that thing that little kids do that will melt your heart. He […]

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