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last drops
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last drops

My husband was out of the country on a work trip.

While caring for our two boys, I often counted the seconds until his return.

The first days of his absence had been rough, but this one started and ended, almost, uneventfully.

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be a light
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be a light

“I can’t smell my coffee” was followed later in the day by “This ketchup tastes awful!”

No, please let it not be so!

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not anymore, dear little one
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not anymore, dear little one

Do you have one loved little one, like me, that’s always screaming for your attention ... always interrupting things? 

Do you have one that no matter how hard you try and how calm you attempt to make your surroundings, will always squawk just as you’re sitting down to dinner or getting settled in to read a book or play a family game at night? 

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may his face shine upon you
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may his face shine upon you

Numbers 6 : 24 - 26 ESV   The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Dear moms and dads,

This blessing was first spoken from God to Moses. The Lord told Moses to tell his brother, the priest Aaron, and Aaron’s sons, to bless the people of Israel with the words above. 

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let there be peace on earth
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let there be peace on earth

If I believed, before, that a defense of temporary insanity was a bunch of hogwash, I now knew differently. 

I truly did lose my mind.

The roads were terribly icy, and snow was coming down.

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