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Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; to the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. Psalm 30:11-12

Yesterday I went into mourning when I heard the election results. Was it a surprise? No. Did I think I'd be ready for it. Yes. Was it devastating anyway. YES For a while I was very upset and scared. But then I got to thinking...and to prayer.… Continue

I posted a song to the music player on my page. It is mislabled as "Be Thou My Vision". Does anyone really know what the name of it is? I think it has something to do with the Civil War. Either an actual Civil War tune or perhaps some music from a Civil War movie.

Please have a listen. If you can identify the song I would be so thrilled!

Thank you!


Nov. 7 My friend Dorothy identified the song as Ashokan Farewell. Thanks Dorothy!

Our Becca is learning how to walk with God.

This morning she offered to fix her sister's breakfast of cereal. She chose to give her sister her own special dish, cup and spoon. I heard her in the kitchen and told her that she was being considerate. She didn't know what it meant, so we looked it up on-line.

showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.

I asked her why she was being so considerate and she told me that Jesus want… Continue

I love to knit. Of course, now I love to blog. I haven't knitted in two days but that's okay. I finished a wedding present and don't really know what to cast on next anyway. The above photo is of the cloths I made for the bride and groom.

Maybe now's the time to do a turkey or a C… Continue

It was somewhere around the turn of the century. No, not THAT century, this last one..you know, Y2K and all that? Dh and I had just bought a new computer, he was working the night shift and the baby was asleep. I went looking for a party of Christians to chat with at Crosswalk.com. I wanted to see if Y2K would crash the party. It didn't.

I did get to meet some good people. Solid Christians. Homeschool mamas. Terri Camp. Yup, Ta-Dah Terri.

Fast forward...my 2yo is now ten and has a 3yo sister.… Continue