Fullness of life. My child lies on her child-sized table watching a kids music video. Her eyes sparkle shine. A cardinal flashes past my window. Sun makes grass bright, a vibrant yellow green. I rarely let Annalise watch media on my phone…but on a whim this morning I found her animated children’s songs on You […]
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Mary Yoder, whose name was entered by her daughter, Diane Schrock. Congratulations! And thank you to all of you who participated in this Mother’s Day giveaway.
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My friend and writing mentor, Dorcas Smucker, gave me a copy of her new book, Coming Home to Roost, when it released and said I could review it if I wanted to, but no pressure. That’s a nice kind of review to do and goes along with something I’ve appreciated about Dorcas in the years
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I once read a book about the five Chinese elements—fire, earth, water, wood, metal—and how they map onto human personalities. As a disclaimer, I don’t go in for the signs of the zodiac or predicting personality by birth year, etc. This book wasn’t that, but instead took the angle of using the elements to categorize
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Over Easter weekend Ivan, Annalise, and I, along with Ivan’s cousin Raymond, took a short trip to Holland to fulfill one of Ivan’s dreams–to see the tulips in bloom. First, we flew into Paris and spent one Friday evening there. We did a quick walk through a small section of the Louvre–that vast art museum
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