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Scenes from summer
ByHollieI know summer isn’t officially over until September. But, since school has started back it feels like ours has come to a close. And, there are a few things I want to remember about this summer. The 2nd Grader learned to dive. She conquered a few water-related fears and practiced jumping through hula hoops for…
Male and female he created them…
ByHollie“When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.” Elayne Boosler I’ve been reading a short series of devotions lately on marriage, and the most recent one I read was about how God made men and women different purposefully. I think that’s important to acknowledge. Ironically, on the same…
A “big” book of blessings
ByHollieLast year about this time I posted a link to a little book of Bible verses for kids that I put together to help anyone who, like us, might be looking for ways to put tiny seeds of God’s truth into the heads and hearts of our children in ways they can remember. A year…
Twenty questions and then some…
ByHollieThis is a throwback post from three years ago. In 2011, it was the 1st Grader asking the questions. Now it is her younger sister, the Preschooler, whose curiosity is at an all-time high. The questions are different, but the intensity is much the same. While the news is abuzz with important topics ranging from…
More “Granddaddy” questions
ByHollieI’ve written about this topic before because it’s the sort of conversation that comes up with the girls from time to time. But, while driving one morning last week, this question came out of the blue… The Preschooler: When is Granddaddy going to come back down here? Me: He’s not, honey. He’s not ever coming…
Small things
ByHollieLast week the Preschooler and I were in the car on our way to pick the older two up from school, and I found myself singing along to a catchy echoing song with these lyrics: Oh, I know a chicken (I know a chicken) And she laid an egg (And she laid an egg) Oh,…







