intoductions to stress buster verses Philippians 4:5-13 are favorites of mine. These verses are what I often call stress busters! Bolsters to hearten and encourage us in our daily living or during difficulties. Verses I repeat in whispers to calm my spirit. calmness of spirit Calmness of spirit was the phrase that really caught my attention as our speaker at…
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Gold and green for Saint Partrick Day, gold for the leprechauns and green for Ireland’s adopted home of Saint Patrick. The colors are so pretty for the spring season. March 17 is a special day for green and gold decoration, Irish influenced meals and children search for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. It is a…
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Our attic is a place to explore and to hang out. It’s a magical place for our grandchildren filled with memorabilia, books, toys, vases and stuffed animals. The floors creak and echo. There is a rug for sitting cross legged and to play marbles. You know the kind that is nostalgic in favorite books like Little Women. How many girls…
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It is elegant, livable and retro! It is the Gettysburg retirement home and farm of our 34th President ‘Ike’ Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie. LOcal Day Trip A little more than an hour away from our house is the Gettysburg National Military Park and The Eisenhower Home and Farm. It was a fine morning so Jim said. ‘Let”s go!’ One…
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What more can I say? These are our younger girls when we lived in a foreign place surrounded by chanting monks, prayer wheels and burning incense each day in our apartment courtyard where we lived. He was and is our refuge. We need that hope and shield even more as we live in a place where those thiings of the…
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