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Destroying the Darkness

March 28, 2017March 2, 2021Mary JoLeave a Comment on Destroying the Darkness

We don’t expect to see in the dark. In fact we have switches that flood rooms with light, placed strategically around our homes, so that at any hour of the day we can walk around and do what needs doing without stumbling, falling or missing our target.…

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Everyday Life • Family • Stones From Jordan • Women's Ministry • Writing

The Struggle is Real

February 12, 2017March 2, 2021Mary JoLeave a Comment on The Struggle is Real

We say it as a joke, a snide comment, a way to relate to others, but it’s true. Struggles are real. We can dress them up in pretty smiles and say we know it will all work out, but that trudging through the mud of disappointment and questions is not re…

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America • Friends • Homeschool

Ms. Nelson is Missing

October 28, 2016March 2, 2021Mary JoLeave a Comment on Ms. Nelson is Missing

Once upon a time there was a beautiful teacher named Patricia Nelson. She had thick dark hair and eyes, a bright smile that produced dimples on her cheeks and sparkles in her eyes. She was slender and seemed confident just by the way she carried herse…

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America • Family • Friends • Homeschool • Michigan • Parenting • Writing

Rising to a Smile: Ms. Nelson Part 2

February 21, 2016May 14, 2020Mary JoLeave a Comment on Rising to a Smile: Ms. Nelson Part 2

I realize now that Ms. Nelson didn’t just love her students. It wasn’t simply her care and attention that made her memorable to us. She seemed to have an ability to challenge us that made us do things we didn’t know we could do. I loved every afterno…

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Family • Homeschool

Assigned Seating: Ms. Nelson Part 1

August 3, 2015March 2, 2021Mary JoLeave a Comment on Assigned Seating: Ms. Nelson Part 1

Once upon a time there was a beautiful teacher named Patricia Nelson. She had thick dark hair, a bright smile that produced dimples on her cheeks and sparkles in her brown eyes. She was slender and seemed confident just by the way she carried herself.…

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Everyday Life • Family • House • Obedience • True To Life Stories • Writing

Ants, Attitude, and Anne

July 16, 2015December 6, 2023Mary JoLeave a Comment on Ants, Attitude, and Anne

I’ve been reading L.M.Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series. I’m almost done with the third one. If I begin writing a little too flowery, that’s why. I lifted my head from the book this morning and thought, “I’m afrost with delight o’er the though…

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America • Family • Parenting

Making Lanterns

July 9, 2015May 14, 2020Mary JoLeave a Comment on Making Lanterns

I stepped outside the church on a Monday afternoon after getting some papers signed for my kids to go to church camp. We were under the awning, waiting for the rain to let up so we could run to the car. A woman was standing there; she had attended a f…

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America • Writing

Digging Through the Trash

July 2, 2015July 8, 2017Mary JoLeave a Comment on Digging Through the Trash

I don’t ever dig through the trash by choice. I have only done that when I accidentally dropped something in the trashcan or mistakenly put something in, and realized later it was something of value, or something I needed.

Right?

You too?

Yet,…

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Embracing The Distaff Side • Everyday Life • Marriage • Writing

How to Love Your Husband

June 24, 2015April 11, 2020Mary JoLeave a Comment on How to Love Your Husband

Psalm 19
1
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
2
Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge.
3
There is no speech, nor are there words;
Their voice is not…

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Ivan • Parenting

You Can Start Over

June 22, 2015July 6, 2020Mary JoLeave a Comment on You Can Start Over

I got the call as I was walking into the karate dojo for an early afternoon lesson with our youngest son. It was my middle son’s first grade school teacher. She wasn’t happy. I could hear the frustration in her tone and she made no attempt to hide it. I…

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