Last Sunday night, we were asked, “what do you dream of when you dream about the church?”
No more complaining…or comparing battle wounds. No more hands clutched protectively over our hearts. No more lugging baggage around from church to church. What would we look like if we decided to stop taking [...]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUSBAND!!!!
yep…that’s right, today’s the big day! Kyle turned the big 3.2. ;) Sadly no wild, crazy birthday adventures (well, maybe just one) but we did enjoy a fabulous dinner with some of our TN family. Kyle could seriously spend every day out on the slopes in the [...]

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Blowing Rock, NC
we. are. exhausted.
So here’s the new thing (well, new for us anyway) when you get ready to put your home on the market: you have a stager that comes over and does a walk through. Then she gives you homework; which turns into a fabulous reason to purchase the non-essential but asthetically [...]

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“I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn’t resolve. But I was outside the Bagdad Theater in Portland one night when I saw a man playing the saxophone. I stood there for fifteen minutes, and he never opened his eyes. After that I liked jazz music.Sometimes you have to watch somebody love [...]

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a few things to be grateful for-
1. In a few short weeks Kyle and I are heading north for WI. Once there, we will get to spend time with my family. All of them. This never happens anymore–in fact, we do well to see each other once a year and [...]

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oh my. where to begin…
a little debriefing inside my head.
We have a patient who is sustained by a ventilator. I wrote about him before. It was understood at the time of admission that when his disease progressed to a place where he could no longer communicate by blinking his eyes, the ventilator would be turned [...]

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Here’s my beautiful friends Jaclyn, Marcia, and sweet little Ava. (sorry marcia for stealing it straight from your blog! I just loved it that much!)
Marcia just officially got her new business, brightspot photography up and rolling. So, here’s to you, Marcia! We are so proud of you for following your heart. [...]

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(this is for you Becca) ;)I’ve been Tagged…
The Rules:1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.3. People who are tagged need to write a post on their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules. (if you don’t [...]

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Happiest Sunday.
I’m not sure what the weather’s been like for all of you who are scattered across the globe but here in our little corner, it’s been super hot all week and the humidity envelopes you the second you step outside. I get sticky standing perfectly still. yuck. This is always a [...]

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