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♥ The Uniquely Perfect Mom-Birthday

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A mom’s birthday is so different from the parties planned for a mom’s child.  As a mom, I gather my sons’ friends, design a cake that will inprint in their memory, fill up water balloons until my fingers are sore, puzzle over party favors that are cost efficient but are die-to-take-home favors.  A day of celebration, a day that hugs … Continue reading →

♥ Get Your Mitts Off My Mom’s Health Care!

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Health insurance has changed since my first son was born.  Each year we do pay more and more for services.  When Perceiver of Truth was born, the state of Kentucky paid for all immunizations.  When Faithful was born, I paid a $5 co-pay for each visit and immunization.  When Joyful came around, the co-pay went up.  However, when The Fire … Continue reading →

♥ The Owl and Puppy Dog: A Lesson in How Children Mourn

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We had some difficulty. . . . keeping our pets out of heaven. Figaro, a pretty little Beta fish, a birthday gift given to Joyful from a friend died twice. Once when Joyful was away visiting grandparents. We cheated death, though. The fish store had one that looked just like him. Joyful never knew. However, he died one Christmas when … Continue reading →

♥ Mystery of the Missing Turtle Head

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The boys found a baby turtle one day.  Wild Animal Rule #1 in our house:  If you catch it today, you have to release it tomorrow.  Wild Animal Rule #2:  Rule # 1 doesn’t include snakes. They made a nest in a critter box, looked up what to feed the 1-2 inch little fella, and watched him.  The next day, … Continue reading →

♥ Part II: The Truth about Harry (Potter)

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When the first Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone first came out, I ignored it.  I wasn’t going to fall prey to smaltzy new fiction that roused my crew to a frenzy.  I also didn’t want to get involved in a lot of the issues that grated against my values.  I was unwilling to discover the truth … Continue reading →

♥ Harry Potter and the Quality of Books for Boys

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There is a lot I like about the Harry Potter movie and books in a Grimm’s Brother-fairytale-kind-of-way. I love the music, the castle, the special effects. I love how the beaten-down kid sides with good over evil and wins. Let me be candid, though. My son asked if he could be Harry Potter one year. I told him, “No. There … Continue reading →

♥ The Discipline of Squats

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“How’d you learn to kick a field goal like that, son?” the football coach asked after my son kicked a 45 yard field goal in the 8th grade. “Squats, sir,” he replied. “Squats?  What do you mean by squats?” the coach asked. “Hundreds of squats, sir,” he answered. ‘Why did you have to do hundreds of squats, son?” the coach … Continue reading →

♥ The Freshness after the Storm

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Did you know that if you say “Gullible” real slow, it sounds like greenbeans? That’s what my third son told me. And I fell for it! Much to his amusement. He says I owe him $15 dollars every time I use that joke. He should have been named Joyful.  He has such a joyful spirit: good humored, mischievous, comfortable-in-his-skinness, gladness.  … Continue reading →

A Boy Called Faithful

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This is the story of a boy called Faithful. Not because in the beginning he was, but because God told me so, to call him so, He would make him so. My son’s science fair project one year was to determine whether 1 out of 4 children will have the recessive eye gene.  Both sides of the family tree have … Continue reading →

♥ Perceiver of Truth

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“How do you like my haircut?” I asked one day when I picked my son up from kindergarten.  “Do you like it?”  I learned two things that day.  First, never ask your sons if they like your hair cut, your shoes, or your lipstick!  Second, don’t ask Perceiver of Truth anything unless you want the ugly, honest truth.  “Don’t ever … Continue reading →

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Maybe you need to celebrate a friend- or maybe you Maybe you need to celebrate a friend- or maybe you just need a moment of warm goodness! @red.oak.roasters.algood  should win a Drink of The Year Award for this Strawberry Tuxedo! Frankie - you are The Flavor Alchemist Extraordinaire!
Jesus came for those broken through persecution, p Jesus came for those broken through persecution, poverty, injustice, abuse, hate, unkindness, exclusion, abandonment. . . but he also came for the Jacob’s, the prodigals, the Samson’s - those who make decisions that break themselves, for those running away from authority,  running away from rules, responsibility, away from God . . . . God wants them saved, too. . . . One seems a prettier, more noble “save” - but Jesus came for both, died for both, rose again for both. . . . what are you and I going to do about that. . . .

 “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” ~ John 3:17.
“Faith means you believe God when there’s abso “Faith means you believe God when there’s absolutely nothing in the natural that says God’s going to come through. . . . You need to rest in the Lord. God is in control. Stop looking to the natural for your answers.” Kent Christian, February 24, 2021
“Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the “Great comforts do, indeed, bear witness to the truth of thy grace, but not to the degree of it; the weak child is oftener in the lap than the strong one.”
- William Gurnall
Sometimes taking a breath looks like this. . . #re Sometimes taking a breath looks like this. . .
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When I get flustered in upside down ways, or somet When I get flustered in upside down ways, or something hurts my heart, Keith tells me, “I’ve got you under my wing.” He told Henry that the other day, too!  There’s something powerful about that kind of love - a love that values to protect and comfort.

“He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge. His truth is your shield and armor.” ~ Psalm 91:4, God’s Word Translation

 “His massive arms are wrapped around you, protecting you.
You can run under his covering of majesty and hide.
His arms of faithfulness are a shield keeping you from harm.” ~ Psalm 91: 4, TPT translation
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“He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost “He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes.” ~ Psalm 147:15

It is satan who comes to steal, kill and destroy - God has created goodness in all things, even in the ice and snow, in the sweltering summer heat that suffocates, in every storm that damages! God is the innate goodness in all of them! It is up to the individual to vintage and redeem that goodness. That is the choice He gave us! Choose to find His goodness!
Driving through Algood was like driving through a Driving through Algood was like driving through a war zone! Trees thawing, ice shards falling! Windshield Warning!
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