I would like to ask for your prayers for my friend Heather’s daughter Emma. She is in heart failure.
For details, please read Heather’s blog here.
Thank you.

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I’ve been posting more heavily, lately, at my SCOH (Thin Within) blog, and my SparkBlog.
I’ll meander back this way eventually!
Have a wonderful day!

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Skid, by Rene Gutteridge
How I came to read this book:
Through WaterBrook Multnomah Books.
Score Summary

Content: 8
Writing Style: 8
Re-readability: 7
Busy Mommy Scale: 9

Content
The story in Skid was really enjoyable. There were many characters, and I wandered happily along with the ventures into each of their lives. This book is the 3rd in a series, coming after [...]

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I’ve not had much to say lately. At least not the general, need to share with the world on my blog sense. I just can’t put stuff out there if it doesn’t mean something.
One thing I am going to do, however, is be grateful.

701. My guys here at home with me.
702. [...]

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696. Music!! Tonight I learned about two great sites: Last.FM (Thanks Amy!) and Pandora.com (Thanks hon!)
697. J5’s genuine sweetness to counteract his new independence assertion techniques that require Mommy to utilize a number of patience building practices.
698. J4. He’s amazing.
699. Sleep - I need to experience more of [...]

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Are they different? What is the active part of submission? I’m struggling right now with being me. I am stubborn. I am difficult to move.
I would like to change that.
I’ve taken a different approach to my physical health by taking action in my exercise. That’s something that [...]

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We love you Mom!
Happy Mothers’ Day

Mom Judy & Lundie
Mom Pinner & John

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I’m choosing to do a gratitude post today because what I really want to do is whine and complain about being miserably sick (along with my 2 1/2 year old…) on my birthday, but I know that’s not the graceful way out of this particular “down time”.

One Thousand Gifts - Part 84

686. My mom’s [...]

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Book Review - The Warriors - Rating: 8 out of 10
The Warriors, by Mark Andrew Olson
How I came to read this book:
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
Score Summary

Content: 10
Writing Style: 8
Re-readability: 8
Busy Mommy Scale: 6

Content
I seem to be getting/picking a lot of these spiritual realm books lately. And yet another book that is part of a [...]

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My Soul To Keep, by Melanie Wells
How I came to read this book:
I was offered this book to review by the publisher, Multnomah Books, a division of Random House.
Score Summary (Avg: 8.25)

Content: 9
Writing Style: 10
Re-readability: 8
Busy Mommy Scale: 6

Content
This book is the third in the Dylan Foster series. It follows When the Day of [...]

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