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Today, our youngest child turned 17. At her birthday breakfast, she opened the card given to her by her brother (but not before he popped her in the head with it!!). When she opened up the card, some critters popped out from the middle with 3D words declaring, “I’M TELLING! I’M TELLING!” We chuckled aboutContinue reading “Blame.”

Last week, I attended a work conference in San Diego. While the weather SHOULD have been enjoyable from all the reports I’d been given, it was far from such. It was windy. It was rainy. It was chilly. All until the day I left to fly home. When I left San Diego to begin theContinue reading “Above.”

In one of its listings, Merriam-Webster defines winter as a noun and as “the season between autumn and spring comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of December, January, and February.” The area of the US where I reside tends to fare on the warmer side of weather. It’s not uncommon for us toContinue reading “Winter.”

It’s that time of year! Christmas carols are playing everywhere – in our cars, in our offices, in the stores we visit, in our churches, and in our homes. I was singing through the lyrics of “Away in a Manger” this morning and something landed differently. As I sung “Away in a manger, no cribContinue reading “Away in a Manger….B&BW Style”

Our church hosts a series each year called “At the Movies.” On the first Sunday of this year’s series, we learned from a movie by the name of “CODA,” also known as “Child of Deaf Adults.” As I sat taking in the message of the movie, one scene particularly spoke to me. Ruby, the oneContinue reading “Make Room.”