Children
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moreScriptures for Mothering: For Jenna
On Wednesday, October 04 th, 2006(In honor of Jenna and the Little One God is knitting together! …Welcome to a Baby Shower from the Choosing Home Women…) “Here is a little mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God, and the body in which it dwells is worth all it will cost, since it is abode of a k...
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On Tuesday, September 26 th, 2006Kneeling by the picket fence next to the front porch, their two heads press close together in the morning’s autumn gold. Pausing to watch them from the kitchen window, I know their hushed pleasure; the crack of the dry pods, the rolling of hopeful brown seeds into waiting palms, banking for next year’s colors and scents. Fists clenched tight, latent life securely held, they...
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The Father of History
On Wednesday, September 20 th, 2006Reading aloud about Herodotus, the “Father of History“… Hope: So then Herodotus wrote Genesis, right? Mama: No, Hope… Hope: Well, then Herodotus could NOT be the the Father of History–*GOD* is!!! Mama: Yeah, Hope…..I guess you are right!!! This is my entry to win a camera in the “Capture the Educational Moment” Contest sponsored b...
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Not Quite
On Wednesday, September 20 th, 2006Conversation at dinner about the life of Billy Graham and his gospel crusades…. Josh: Mr. Graham must be very, very old —and to travel and preach like that AND still have time to invent the telephone!! Mama: The telephone??!!! Josh: Of course, Mom, didn’t you know that Billy Graham invented the telephone!?? Mama: Um, no, that was Alexander Graham Bell, Josh. J...
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On Wednesday, September 13 th, 2006Like a little bird, she is my peeper, my “Pwees”er. Shalom, 15 months old, tweets her lilting song from dawn to dusk, her chubby hand patting her chest, signing in unison to her little plea. She points to the fridge: “Pweese?” To the bookshelf: “Pweese?” To my bracelet, an apple, a pencil: “Pweese? Pweese?” It is the only word she knows, the on...
