Why Should YOU Blog By Numbers?

  UPDATED - as of 5/6/2012 So as life happens and God speaks to us...we often go back to the drawing table. Sometimes we hear Him and move … [Continue Reading]

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How it Works

UPDATED ON 5-6-2012 To name a thing is to MANIFEST the MEANING and VALUE God gave it... Blogging-By-Numbers is a way to speak the language of the … [Continue Reading]

How it Works

My Blogging Roots

Your Blog Prompt: Remind us (for current bloggers) or let us in on where you've come from (for NEW bloggers). What major life happenings have made you … [Continue Reading]

My Blogging Roots

My life (and blog) are forever changed.

What a wild beautiful mess these last few months have been. A period of silence. A time of darkness. Much sat, and collected dust. Thoughts stopped … [Continue Reading]

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1.) The pink puffs in the sky…

"This moment, this place, is none other than a gate to heaven, a window of grace. Even here, a place of God."  1.) The pink puffs in the sky, no where else but exactly in front of my car. My view on the quiet drive to work. I think they are just for me. (April 30, 2012) 2.) A hard-shelled bug burrowing his way into the earth trying to escape before my foot crunches him. Don't worry. It … [Read More...]

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My life (and blog) are forever changed.

What a wild beautiful mess these last few months have been. A period of silence. A time of darkness. Much sat, and collected dust. Thoughts stopped and surviving took precedence. Unless you have experienced the pits of depression yourself, you cannot empathize with another. To explain and craft words around such a time would return void, no matter how lofty the words, unless you too have been … [Read More...]

How Love Changed Me – in 15 words or less.

How has love changed me...pondered this post all week. And then I found this blog and this post. Though not there in years or circumstance - having a child has and will be how love changes me forever. It put words and pictures to heart strings, fears, and emotions. Little Paisley and your siblings to come embody the way that love has changed me. Click HERE to read the post. … [Read More...]

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A Place to Love

Well I have racked my brain. Took all of 60 seconds! There are many places I have visited or vacationed at, lived there or spent a good length of time. Memories have been made, pictures taken, refreshment restored. I guess when you ask someone to name a place they love - their answer more heavily depends on the mental state they're in where they are than the location they actually say. … [Read More...]

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Some Like it Meatless

Thought you may be interested in some yummy vegetarian recipes we will be trying in the next weeks. Headed to the grocery store once Paisley wakes up. She LOVES going, riding in the cart, and being admired by the older population that she seems to attract! Included amongst these recipes is my shopping list. I included a few staples we need personally but the rest of the list is all you need to … [Read More...]

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I’m In Love With Another Man

I'm in love with another man. You may consider yourself "lucky" or "blessed" to know my husband. And you should be! I have never met someone as gracious and forgiving as he. Hmmm...that may say a lot about me if those are my favorite attributes! Anyways - all that to say there are a lot of obvious reasons why I love my husband. Many of you love those things about him as well. But there are some … [Read More...]