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Faith and a Season for Reason

I've been quiet for awhile... I just didn't have anything to say. "For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1. There is a season for Oreos, and a season for jogging (article by Mary Katherine Backstrom). I've been answering questions from Harper (5 years old) about Mary (virgin birth), about Jesus (miracle maker), and about God...

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Ten Things for Twins, Tiny Humans, and Their Parents

Our twin girls, Harper and Wrenly, are 3 years old now, and Kaylie is 13.  We've either become more successful at navigating our days, or we've been broken-in to not realize the difference in success and failure/fatigue. Tumbling Sparrow Photography In thinking back on the past three years, the following ten things have helped us survive (not all are products): 1. A marriage...

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Thirteen and Three

My girls turned T H I R T E E N and T H R E E recently!!! I can't tell you how much I love them, or how much attitude comes with either age. Kaylie is kind, artistic, even keel, and so like my mother in ways that drive them both nuts to be around me. I love you both, and so...

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