This past year has been full of new beginnings and reasons for being brave. I'm just starting my third month as the Director of Head Start/Early Head Start in the Eastern part of Oregon. Any new job includes an unavoidable "learning curve" and time of adjustment, but I have much to be grateful for! ...
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I was in fifth grade when I told Martin Nackman girls can do everything better than boys, and I believed it with all my heart. He spent a lot of lunchtime explaining the fine art of building forts, and I'm sure he went on to be an architect or an engineer. But not even his long dark eyelashes could ...
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God bless the dog for throwing up the morning before Jeff left for Haiti. When we moved the kennel to clean up the mess, we discovered the washer was leaking. It didn't manage the cross country move very well. A little investigation revealed more problems with our aging appliance. It's a good thing ...
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If you choose to be a wife, you can choose to be a peaceful wife. I know a lot of wives who have no peace. If you're a single lady, I bet you know a married friend who lacks peace. For many, marriage is a wrestling match of the wills where peace is counted as a loss along the way. Yet, we crave ...
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It takes courage to be a Christian woman who is Christ-like in her conversation. It's not fashionable. We nod vigorously when we read, "Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving," (Ephesians 5:4). But all too often, ...
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