Last week for the first time in my life, I stood in front of a group of people and communicated. It’s not that I haven’t tried some form of public speaking before. During a term of winter Bible school I gave a class presentation on the woman who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears, and […]
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The following post was written by Stephanie J. Leinbach, a blogger friend and mother of an epileptic child: *** We were at Children’s Hospital less than ten hours when our story was put into perspective. I ran down to the cafeteria while Linford stayed with Tarica. As I stepped out of the elevator and turned toward
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I am young, not yet school age, sitting on a hay bale in the center aisle of the barn while Dad tells me a story. From my vantage point, I see only the back ends of the cows–their broad dusty sides and and manure-flecked tails, their constant shifting and switching while Dad moves in and
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#1. The Thankful Thing Last week I wrote about feeling discouraged, and in the week since then, I’ve realized how blessed and beyond blessed I am with people who care about me. Thank you to all of you who specially commented with words of encouragement. Thank you also to all of you who have been
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“What are you going to blog about tomorrow?” Lavina asked me at church Sunday morning. Lavina is fifteen, so I am almost twice her age, but we are good friends–both of us word people who read and write stories and slip big words into normal conversations. “I don’t know what I’ll blog about,” I said,
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