Usually, before the Joy, comes the tests.

If you can relate, please raise your hand. ✋ And the tests have been coming, one after another. I sure hope I’m getting a few good marks. Sometimes I wish I could walk up to the “Teachers desk” and ask Him how I did and what do I need to change, like we did as …

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April, May and the Train adventure.

Happy Spring🌷 Table flowers This past weekend was an adventure for my friend Maria and I. (Thanks Maria for taking the trip with me!!!)🌷 We traveled to North Carolina, by train, for my Daughter In-law’s baby shower. At some point we began talking to our neighbors, (in the seats nearby) Jackie and her Aunt May. …

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Snow-Day

Happy snow-day to all you teachers and kids out there! What a great feeling it is to have to “stay home” Although, some are not thrilled about it. Some will not enjoy the gift of stillness today, but will find things to fill up the time and be ever so busy through the day doing things…and will …

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Snowbabies…and way too many Jelly- rolls!

Merry Christmas🎄. Meet my newest snowbabies, given by my children. Since I’ve basically become a “cat lady”, my daughter in law picked out this adorable one. It’s perfect because that’s exactly what “Kitty” does when I’m reading. So cute! The other one is perfect as well…”coffee break”☕️ I must say…This has been a very special year for …

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Golden Autumn Saturday

Bayonne Park Today is absolutely beautiful. Not just the warm breeze and golden, red and yellow trees, but because we received joyful news this week! I’ll tell ya in a minute. So, this park is one of my favorite places to be. I have memories all the way back to my childhood! From times of …

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Tailgate Test

Have you ever been tailgated? Whether it’s in a car or walking it’s so annoying, right? Well, the other day I was the annoying one. I was trying to exit the Starbucks parking lot. I don’t know what they were thinking when they put this particular intersection together, but it’s crazy confusing in every direction. …

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The Substance of Things Hoped For

We all have things we are hoping for. We are all in the process of waiting for something or someone. It could be a job promotion you’ve put in for, an application approval to a school you’ve wanted to go to. Maybe you’re hoping and waiting for a spouse or a good friend to enter …

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Pruning

This one is not easy, but necessary, if we want to grow healthy. The process of Pruning. Pruning: to cut off or cut back parts for better shape or more fruitful growth I’ve been through this painful process many times in my walk with Christ and am currently in yet another season of cutting out …

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God’s Silence is not His Absence

But it sure does feel like it at times! Our feelings are like the sand on the beach. Sand is always being moved and pushed forward and backward by the water and the wind. Not to mention, people walking all over it too. It’s constantly changing…much like our feelings. Just like the ocean waves push …

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Rain or Shine…

I love the sound of rain and always find it so comforting. However, lately it’s been a bit too much. Summer just arrived and the only colors that are uplifting, for me, are blue skies with white fluffy clouds. In the past, cloudy days just added to the heaviness I would sometimes have to deal …

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