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December 7, 2018

Gotcha Day, what St. Nicholas brought, and sweet tastes of Christmas (7 Quick Takes)

Nine years ago today we met our older son. The past nine years have been the blink of an eye and yet forever, all at the same time.

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December 3, 2018

Advent: It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Advent simply nudges us to make space in our lives for Jesus. It assures us that the Son of God is coming.

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November 30, 2018

Train displays, parent-teacher conferences, December birthdays, fun with cardboard, and what’s left in the fridge (7 Quick Takes)

December starts tomorrow, so bring on train season! Actually, it’s always train season around here because we are a toy train family.

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November 27, 2018

Table of plenty

We’re losing power for most of the day tomorrow. I know we’ll lose most of the food in our fridge, so we’ve been eating and eating—but we’ve barely made a dent.

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November 23, 2018

Thanksgiving leftovers, lots of pie, sleepover fun, and more (7 Quick Takes)

~1~ Despite all my worry that the frozen turkey wouldn’t thaw in time, it thawed beautifully, and it cooked up even more perfectly. I watched my father pull it out of the oven, and it was gorgeous—and delicious. Everything tasted so good this year—my mother’s carrots and onions casserole, the mashed potatoes and gravy, the...

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November 19, 2018

Talking turkey and sweet potatoes and pie

A dozen years ago or so, back before we had children, my mother asked me to bring the sweet potatoes to our Thanksgiving dinner.

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November 16, 2018

Snow, snow, snow, birthday spaghetti, an anniversary gift, and more (7 Quick Takes)

It snowed yesterday! I had seen that snow and sleet were in the forecast, but so often storms don’t amount to much—especially in mid-November.

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November 11, 2018

When your jug is nearly dry

You wonder why God would ask that of you at a time when your jar of flour is nearly empty and your jug is nearly dry.

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November 9, 2018

A big birthday, an anniversary, the end of the scarecrow, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Our older son turns 11 tomorrow. Eleven! It sounds so much older than 10.

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November 7, 2018

Grieving Together offers couples support after miscarriage

Grieving Together is both beautifully and practically written. It is, in fact, the book Laura and Franco wish they had had when they miscarried their third baby.

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November 6, 2018

A mistake that turned out just fine

This pot of slops wasn’t looking very exciting, so I pulled a packet of onion soup mix out of the pantry. Onion soup should be able to jazz almost anything up.

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November 2, 2018

Leftover Halloween treats, autumn trees, limericks, and more (7 Quick Takes)

How was your Halloween? Ours was spooky and fun.

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