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Life and Inspiration category is our answer to the everyday dilemmas we all face and the wisdom we need to rise above the difficulties.
We know you get that every day of your life you make choices.
We’ve learned that the hard way sometimes, and sometimes, well, we get lucky and the stars align and courage swells and life is good.
We want to share all that with you. Our Life and Inspiration blog posts are to encourage ourselves as much as you. I sometimes go back and read what I’ve written and get all like, “Did I write that? Or did some blessed elf come by and write this for me while I wasn’t paying attention?”
Check out this category to read our reminiscing and pondering and sharing our hearts.
Kim’s Story, Chapter 6: The Skinny Begins Oil in her bottle, 8 meal days and other vain attempts to make her fat. I felt as if I was the worst mom of young children ever. Our oldest son never was heavy enough to please the doctors, and always hit too low on the charts…
‘Ink Re-Cap 143. Sketches and inklings of life. Unbelievable August weather with the best monsoon season in years. You’re wondering how monsoon season can be good, and most years it’s not. Lots of trees and cactus blow down or break in the strong winds. Many years it’s a lot of blow and almost no rain….
God’s Creation Story Lesson 9: God set aside the 7th Day to rest. He put Adam and Eve in charge of the beautiful Garden of Eden. After 6 days of creating the world, God set aside the seventh day as a day of rest. And in the week days after the Sabbath day of…
‘Ink Re-Cap 142. Sketches and inklings of life. The good, the better, the best. We’re still learning and working and living. ‘Ink Re-Cap 142 Sketches and Scribbles We like to publish a blog post every day (except Sunday), but the last two weeks we only managed 4 out of 5 days….
God’s Creation Story Day 7: God called all that He created good, and on… Day 7, Day 7, God rested in His Heaven! Children’s Bible Lesson Printable with crafts included. And now God is finished creating the world. How many days did it take? That’s right, God created the whole world, the sun, moon…
‘Ink Re-Cap 141. Sketches and scribbles of life. The good, the better, the best. We’re all just walking each other home. ‘Ink Re-Cap 141 Sketches and Scribbles Here’re our blog offerings of the week. Do you love vintage windows? We do, especially when they’re Wedding/Anniversary keepsakes. And we love stories about…
The famous Ram Dass quote says, “We’re all just walking each other home.” Don’t let anyone walk alone, if you can walk with them, even part way. You all know by now I’m a prairie girl. I grew up on a farm, with our nearest neighbors at least 1/4 mile away. None of…
Kim’s Story, Chapter 5: A Road Trip, A Wedding and a Funeral. Kim’s first months were eventful. By 2 months of age she’d clocked 5000 miles! The story of our dream life continues. Our boys were healthy and happy, and models of good behavior. We didn’t deserve our sweet family. God blessed us with…
God’s Creation Story Day 6:God created the animals and man.Day 6, Day 6, God made animals and man that day!Children’s Bible Lesson Printable with crafts included. So far, we’ve studied the first 5 days of Creation. God made so many things in those few short days. Can you name what He made? And then the…
‘Ink Re-Cap 140. Sketches, scribbles and inklings of the life of handmade stationers. PC decision made and purchased, printing event calendars, and a g’littles July sleepover. This week, wait for it, the desert got rain!! Not very much. But enough to cool things down to a low sizzle. Even to comfortably go outside in…
One year ago, on July 29, 2020, my mother passed away. She was three months from her 99th birthday. On a typical morning, or as typical as mornings were that summer of Covid 19 in the midst of isolation from family with the only visits that happened were through windows and there was no…
Want to know how to regain your sense of smell after Covid? This essential oils training could help you smell the roses again. We don’t usually write about health on our Handmade Stationery website, but when the whole world goes through a pandemic like we faced this past year, health becomes a dominant issue….