December 2011
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“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”
– Marson Cooley (via withloveaudrey
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I can't sleep
because I can’t stop thinking.
This time of the year I have many things that make me cheerful - such as being with family and being grateful for the gift Christ gave us all. But this time of the year also brings up memories of my Poppop.
I remember the first Christmas without him… how my Mimi gave me two of his old cameras and said he wanted me to have them. My entire family broke...
Christmas Song - Catherine Feeny
“Don’t tell God how big your problems are, tell your problems how big your...”
– Unknown
“Oh, it’s a book called I Love You, Stinky Face!!” - Rachelle...”
Cooper's 1st birthday party was today.
He was running around having a blast with little Marley. By the end of it all, he was so tired and took a nap. He slept in his bed in the basement while we ate dinner. He woke up, scared and confused about why he was alone. My brother-in-law Erich brought little Coop upstairs, but the poor baby wouldn’t stop crying. I started rubbing his back and he finally calmed down. I asked Erich if I...
“Come to me with your gaping emptiness, knowing that in Me you are complete. As...”
– A few sentences from my devotional today in the book Jesus Calling by Sarah Young. I really like this devotional in particular because the writer listened to what God was telling her every day for a year and wrote it down. Each page shows what God was speaking to her, which inspires and moves me.
I like these song lyrics :)
This feeling
of not being able to stop smiling is simply indescribable.
Thank you, Lord, for all of the reasons you give me to have this happiness.