Over two years of saving her allowance. Saving her birthday money, Christmas gifts, other donations. Ivy saved up enough to get an ipad Air. There were points of wavering. Thoughts of Kindles and ipad minis. A recent debate of getting the ipad4 rather than the best and latest. Then Sunday’s Target ad announced a deal […]

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I asked Meg to stop buying candy from the store – to help keep my weight in check… She asked why I could not just stop eating candy? The logic is there. You are watching your weight, so do not eat candy. But then I find peanut M&Ms. Well one won’t hurt… really a handful isn’t so bad… and in […]

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Phoebe: we are like Little People. Sean: Why? Phoebe: ’cause God is bigger than us. Phoebe draws out one of the biggest questions in theology. In the aftermath of a great natural disaster you can find preachers prophesying God’s judgment (unless the tragedy happened in the Bible Belt). During a personal crisis I have heard people […]

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“There will be no viewing since his wife refuses to honor his request to have him standing in the corner of the room with a glass of Jack Daniels in his hand so he would appear natural to visitors.” – from Walter Bruhl’s Obituary When Walter Bruhl passed away the family discovered he had already […]

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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein After playing in the frigid snow, we sat inside munching on Girl Scout cookies. Phoebe declared she wished all the snow would melt so we could swim through it… Looking outside I could imagine a foot deep layer of water on the backyard. It was pretty […]

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