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Teresa Holmgren prayerfully and skillfully wrote the previous blog entries. Due to her 4-year battle with cancer and the rapid turning of the calendar pages as Tim grappled with how to live with her loss, it has been a number of years since a post has been written on this blog. Tim and I could […]

This afternoon I found myself playing a video game with Nicole and Jacob.  I could probably count on 1 hand the amount of times I’ve ever played video games.  Part of the reason is that it just doesn’t interest me, but probably the main reason is that I just lack any and all skill at […]

  Tonight was the night that was all about our youngest.  It was Jake’s turn to be singled out.  With both his brother and sister on overnight church activities, Jake was the only child at home.  With having 6 children (only 3 at home now), and Jake being the youngest, that is not something that […]

Wikipedia defines "rites of passage" as a ritual event that marks a person's progress from one status to another. Adam earned one of those "rites of passage" this week as he completed his years in Awana's TNT (Truth and Training). I know it might seem trivial to many of you, but to me it was a very big deal.