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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.
Feeling guilt? Here’s your permission. Mama, butter your bread. Sweep the floor. Because, contrary to the popular poem, baby will keep and be better for the structure. There’s so much pressure when you’re a parent. So much propaganda out there about what’s good for baby and what you should never do and the stuff…
‘Ink Re-Cap 134. Sketches, scribbles and inklings about life. Saturday Sleepover with the g’littles and a new print to tape to your mirror for next week. This was a busy week. We’d take a couple of boxes out to the mailbox and think we could relax. Then two more orders for Bible School kits…
God’s Creation Story Day Four: God created the Sun, Moon and Stars. Day 4, Day 4, sun and moon and stars galore! Children’s Bible Lesson Printable with crafts included. There was light before the fourth day of Creation, but it was not the bright light of the sun. On Day 4 God created the…
What did or didn’t the doctor know about the effects of placental calcification and why didn’t she share with us? Kim’s Story, Chapter Three. As we shared in the previous chapter of Kim’s birth story, Kim’s birth was successfully uneventful, and other than induction and low birth weight, we never received any inkling that…
‘Ink Re-Cap 133. More sketches and scribbles and inklings about life. Plus an inspiring quote to download AND prints to make summer shelf sitters. (These aren’t available on the blog!) This was truly a fascinating week. We ran the whole gamut of products through our design shop, from birth announcements and keepsake calendars,…
Keeping a heart garden means having a daily God attitude. There’s a garden where Jesus is waiting. That can be your cultivated heart. My brush swooshed back and forth back and forth laying fresh paint on an old building situated on the main street of a small town. The sun shone and a small…
My heart smiles as I recall the dad-isms and random inventions my father came up with over the 90+ years of his life. I do this memory thing every June when we get close to the day to celebrate Fathers. We lost our precious Father 3 years ago. All my adult life I’ve lived 2000…
‘Ink Re-Cap 132. More sketches and scribbles and inklings of life. Plus an inspiring quote to download and print to hang or give away. Have you ever had that week that didn’t seem like it would ever end? And yet you wanted to grab every busy moment and hug it tight because it was a…
God Created Land and Plants, God’s Creation Story. Day 3, Day 3, God made flowers and grass and trees! Children’s Bible Lesson Printable with crafts included. “God’s Creation Story” series: Lesson 1: The Beginning of God’s Creation: Children’s Bible Lesson Lesson 2: God Created the Light: Creation Bible Lesson 2 Lesson 3: God Created the…
‘Ink Re-Cap 131. Sharing sketches and scribbles, and catching inklings of the best life. Plus an inspiring quote for your scrapbook. The best sketch from our life this week: Is about our g’littles of course! Message from my NE DIL: My faraway mini-farm family has 19 chickens. One hen stands out from the rest….
Postponed Living is playing with fire; this is a study of Drusilla of Acts 24 of the Bible, whose life of denial literally ended under the molten lava fires of Mt. Vesuvius. More Bible Studies to read: Rebekah’s Journey to Faith, a FriDay of Preparation Post Rebekah’s Journey to Gentleness: Friday of Preparation Post…
We’ve shared about Autism Spectrum Disorder before, but we’ve never told Kim’s birth story, the dawn of our journey onto the spectrum. The first “chapter” of this story is in this post, if you wish to read it from the beginning, in chronological order. Kim’s Birth Story, Chapter 2 “Dr. Deason wants us at the…