Rebuild Your Marriage With Unconditional Love

February 15, 2010

I feel like I should start this post out as: ” Hi, I’m Stephanie and our marriage has been saved.”  Ahem ….
With that said, let me share our journey.
Last year our marriage was being tried and tested like never before. We were a couple who had been committed to our church and serving God [...]

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Valentine’s Day May Be Over Rated, But Romance Isn’t

February 12, 2010

“Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. “~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables

I could feel the eye rolls through the screen when I put a blurb on my Facebook [...]

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Balancing The Scales

February 2, 2010

After taking a lengthy blogging break, I am feeling refreshed and ready to get back into the swing of things around here.
I have been working hard on maintaining my priorities and trying to keep the important things in my life in balance. I don’t know that I have found the perfect solution, but I have [...]

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A Strong Woman Or A Woman Of Strength?

January 20, 2010

I found this poem many years ago and keep a copy handy to remind me where my focus should be!
A Strong Woman vs. A Woman Of Strength
A strong woman works out every day,
Pride in her appearance she portrays,
But a woman of strength kneels to pray,
Keeping her soul in shape, God leading the way.
A strong [...]

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Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.

January 18, 2010

“A right delayed is a right denied”

For many years I ran a preschool from my home, and then I formally taught kindergarten for 3 years at our church school. I love planning lessons around themes, unit studies, decorating up my classroom around a particular theme etc.
Fast forward several years, and as a homeschooling mom of [...]

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Haiti: How We Are Helping

January 15, 2010

My husband and I had a rare moment alone last night and our talk wasn’t of the kids, the budget, the car that needs tires, the puppy we need to get rid of.
It was for those who are in Haiti, who have been devastated by a monstrous earthquake. They have lost everything. Everything. I tear [...]

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Help For Haiti: Organizations You Can Donate To

January 15, 2010

It is devastating what happened to Haiti. I can’t even bring myself to watch the news coverage it is so heartbreaking to see the despair. We want to help in anyway that we can, and I am sure you do too. So I rounded up a list of a few repuatable organziations you can donate [...]

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January 13, 2010

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art
of leaving things undone.  The wisdom of life consists in the
elimination of non-essentials.
-  Lin Yutang

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Taking Some Time

January 5, 2010

It has been quite some time since I have written here, hasn’t it?
The hustle and bustle of the holidays is over, and it is time to embrace the New Year with our goals set and our hearts ready for great things in 2010!
I am a big believer in setting goals and each New Year I [...]

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See You Next Year!

December 21, 2009

I’ll be posting pretty lightly around here over the next two weeks as I am taking a little break over this busy holiday season.  I plan on taking lots of time to pray about the direction and focus of this blog too, and can’t wait to share with you where the Lord is leading me [...]

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