JEREMY BUYS NEW WHEELS!

 
While we were at ladies’ retreat having a great time, our son Jeremy and his dear old dad were at the Toyota dealer in Davis checking out Rav 4’s.  About an hour after I arrived home from the retreat, Jeremy pulled up in a brand new 2007 charcoal Rav 4.  Boy was he jazzed!  This [...]

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More Ladies’ Retreat Highlights

This year’s ladies’ retreat was incredible for me in so many ways. As mentioned in my earlier post, I had the unexpected privilege of meeting one of my favorite authors, Lynda Allison-Doty.  I also got to meet some of my blogging buddies, Tena Valenti, Ronda Hurst and Jana Allard, for the first time!   I saw [...]

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LADIES’ RETREAT

This past Thursday-Saturday, I was blessed and privileged to attend the 24th annual Western District Ladies Conference held in Sacramento at the DoubleTree Hotel.  Mom and my sister Carol also attended.  It was a wonderful time of worship, fellowship and encouragement as over 600 sisters in Christ came together to uplift Jesus.  The music and [...]

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Book Recommendation: Bait of Satan

I am an avid reader.  In addition to reading the Bible, it seems I always have a book in my hand.  I recently finished a good one called “Bait of Satan” by John Bevere.  I highly recommend this book to everyone.  It’s about living free from the deadly trap of offense.  Every one of us [...]

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My Chocolate Fast is Ended!

Every year for about 46 days, I go on a chocolate fast.  There is nothing spiritual about this.  It’s just an exercise in discipline that I choose to do to prove to myself that I can abstain, because I like chocolate so much.   The fast starts on January 1 and ends 46 days later on [...]

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DON’T GIVE UP!

I ran across this article in Streams in the Desert about Abe Lincoln and thought I would post it in honor of  the anniversary of his 198th birthday.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted.  (Psalm 119:71)  
God seems to ask greater depths of experience of us as we go along the heavenly pathway.  [...]

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JEREMY TURNS 25!!

As of Friday, February 9, we are officially parents of a 25-year old young man.  Our dear son, Jeremy added another year to his life here on planet Earth.  It’s hard to believe we have a son who is a quarter of a century old!  We’re not even 50 yet.  But we started young as [...]

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Love at First Sight?

In a recent post, I had reiterated the true story of how Mike and I met 32 years ago when we were teenagers.  I ran across these pictures of us above that were taken about a year after we had met in 1975.  Mike still staunchly claims to this day that when he first laid [...]

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Like A Rock – Trees and Their Buddy Boulders

The  following article was taken from the San Francisco Chronicle, dated January 27, 2007. I found it to be quite fascinating.  All the trees in the lower part of the picture grew up under the shadow of a rock.  This provided them with shelter, protection and even more nutrients than if they had grown up [...]

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MORE THAN JUST GROUNDHOG DAY

February 2 is a very special day to Mike and me.  No, it’s not because it’s Groundhog Day, and by the way, looks like spring is going to come early this year. Yippee!  No, the reason we deem this a special day is because 32 years ago on this day, we met!  At the tender [...]

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