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You can frown, or you can make a marshmallowy smile

You can frown, or you can make a marshmallowy smile

Things could get dreary here. Michigan is wintery for such a long part of the year. I hated Michigan winters when I left a few years ago. That’s just the honest truth. Colorado’s winters were easy in comparison. I think the sunshine played a huge part of it–it shines almost every day of the year […]
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Zesty Adventure All Around

Zesty Adventure All Around

So, if I had to use a few words to describe last year, they might include, transitions, transient, packed, improvisation, and stretching. If the amount I’d been stretched as a person could be measured in actual inches, I’d probably have grown a foot or so. I actually could have guessed that 2010 was going to […]
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New Lessons

New Lessons

Our break is only a few days away from being over. The first two weeks we spent in California with Payton’s family and friends. I can truly say that time spent with family was lovely, and at the same time, it was quite a rough trip. A childhood friend of Payton’s brother died unexpectedly, 6 […]
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When will theology grip your soul?

When will theology grip your soul?

I was listening to a sermon on the Loving Discipline of God (from John MacArthur). Actually, this was the first sermon I’ve listened to (apart from church) this semester. I’ve been packing in too much info, but as I was sewing I decided to listen because I’d been wondering about the topic. This really summed […]
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Tuesday

It’s beginning to look a lot like Tuesday

It happens to be Tuesday, but this Tuesday is different. This is the last Tuesday of the semester! I’ve had a few days where a blog post might have been possible, but I totally chose to sew rather than write. God has been at work in my heart this past few weeks. My dad has […]
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I think it might be winter…

I think it might be winter…

I know that the first official day of winter is not until later in December and I’m not sure who gets to decide, but I vote that winter is here. Snow is falling and bells are ringing…well, the bell that tells me I need to get to class. And, there’s a nice bone-chilling draft coming […]
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Finally, an Adventure!

Finally, an Adventure!

Look, a real adventure! Complete with bones, feathers and pickery weeds clinging to our sleeves. Sadly, we didn’t escape too far into the deep wilderness, but it was the first time we’d played in a meadow in a while. Fall had made everything crispy, only a few little slender shoots of green hiding beneath. I’m […]
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A Steady Simmering

A Steady Simmering

It’s already halfway through November. Time doesn’t stand still for anyone, does it?! I’ll admit, I’m tired. The strange thing is that I’m actually physically laboring less–Colorado always had me running faster than I thought I could. Here, life is a different flavor. I can’t say that the workload has been harder than I’ve ever […]
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A Little Bit More Fall

A Little Bit More Fall

SORRY FOR THE STRANGE FORMATTING–NOT QUITE SURE WHY IT GOT FUNKY…   Everything smelled like fall today as we headed dow the stairs to our 8am class. The three stairwell windows let in the delightful smell of damp grass and dying leaves! If I could have bottled it, I would have! The homework was light […]
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Fall

Fall

I know, I know. I know that I don’t update this enough! I will try to change that in the coming weeks. We’ll see! But, here is a picture of NTBI for you! Fall is in full swing and probably on its way toward winter, but I’ve been enjoying most every minute of the fiery […]
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