What The Nuzi Tablets from 1450-1350 BC Teach Us About the Bible

Bible, Bible Archaeology, Bible verses, faith, God

Digging in to Biblical Archaeology… One of my favorite things to read about is archaeological finds that have something to do with the Bible–anything to do with the Bible! These historical artifacts are not the reason that I believe, but they do substantiate and reinforce and inform my beliefs. They spur me on in my awe and wonder of this book we call The Holy Bible. For me, the biggest reason for my faith is that God has been there […]

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Saying Good-bye to Aunt Linda

big family life, encouragement, faith, family

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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Jeopardy World Tour App Review: The Good & The Ugly

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Jeopardy World Tour App: The Good, The Addictive, & the Downright Ugly

Jeopardy World Tour App: The Good, The Addictive, & the Ugly Privilege This summer Alan and I found an app we actually both enjoy. Jeopardy World Tour app. We love this thing. Truth be told, Alan keeps saying he’s getting tired of it, but I super hope that’s not true because I just now finally made Tier 8 and have enough tokens to play some bigger cities. We’ve already pulled so many of our friends and family in to this […]

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“I Wanna See You Be Brave”

Bible verses, big family life, faith, family
"I Wanna See You Be Brave"

*** Disclosure for legal purposes: I often include links in my blog posts, and I do collect advertising fees for these links. I do not promote any product I do not believe in, and all opinions are my own.*** Everyone goes through hard or hectic, confusing times. It seems like we’re constantly wading knee-deep in and out of huge changes for as long as I can remember, really. 2018 does not wish to be upstaged. As peaceful and incredible as […]

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V Tach, the MRI, and the Dread

Bible, Bible verses, faith, ventricular tachycardia

*** Disclosure for legal purposes: I often include links in my blog posts, and I do collect advertising fees for these links. I do not promote any product I do not believe in, and all opinions are my own.*** Day 10 of Jumping into Fall & Recovering from Summer Fear Last night I woke up out of a dream to the sound of a man shouting, “April!” Only it wasn’t multiple shouts. It was just one shout, and it must have […]

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It’s That Time Again: Planning Our Halloween Costumes

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*** Disclosure for legal purposes: I often include links in my blog posts, and I do collect advertising fees for these links. I do not promote any product I do not believe in, and all opinions are my own.*** Some years Halloween sneaks up on me and finds me woefully unprepared. Seriously, every single year we end up scrambling the day of trick-or-treating to figure out someone’s costume. At least one person ALWAYS has no plan. THIS year I want […]

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10 Truths About My New Stay at Home Mom Life

4 kids, family, funny stories, stay-at-home mom

…..And instead I mostly blog and go to the grocery store.
Seriously. I do an outing. Collapse on the sofa. Do the chores  some of the chores. Collapse on the sofa. It’s all over surprisingly quickly.

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Day 7: Stop Worrying About Imaginary Problems

attitude, funny stories, ventricular tachycardia

I failed to mention in the video that I’m an abundant sweater. Yep. Those weren’t just armpits. Those were sweaty armpits.

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20 Reasons I Love Being a Military Spouse

Army Wives, attitude, military life, moving, washington dc

So while the cardboard boxes were still on the curb, I was sitting on my sofa setting up my wishlist for where we will move NEXT, a little less than two years from now. In the words of Jack Black on Jumangi, “I can’t even with this.”
And that’s why it’s important to have a list of why you love what you do…

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