7 Quick Takes – Routine-Month 3, Pride and Humility, and A Cheese Party

Here we go, still on time even though I sort of forgot to go back and finish writing the rest last night. As always, pictures and some more details will follow, for now it’s time for my exercises 1. Routine update: I’m now on the 3rd month of my new routine, and I’ve made some [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Focus on the Family Hits Home, A Community of Photographers and A Pro-Life Conference

So this ‘write a sentence or two on thurs even if you have to go back later’- thing is really working ! Behold, this week’s Quick Takes, on time again! 1. Actually, I’ve decided I prefer the Dance Central 2 game for my morning exercise. I’m not one for popular club music, but the two [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Back to Life, Pornography and Summer in March

1h and 20 min till the list closes. I’m am GOING to make it! I will still have to add in the photos and some more content, but with the one liner quick takes to be expanded later, I can make the deadline! I think I’ll try to employ this in the future, to write [...]

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7 Quick Takes: Forgiveness, Valentine’s week and Photography insights

1. Reflections from the weekly radio broadcasts on marriage and relationships: When it comes to finding a mate in today’s culture, we’re really are consumeristic (sic). It’s all about what you can offer me, whether you can satisfy my needs or not. We really do think that way, I know I have. If the price [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Routine Recap, Hungry Hippos, Chai Lattes and Bread Pudding

1. The quality time I’ve carved out to spend with God in prayer and singing praise songs is really helping me to stay close to God. In a positive sense I’ve taken for granted the fact that He is present, and looked to Heaven for assistance and guidance, as well as just to smile and [...]

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7 Quick Takes: A Test of Faith, Testing my New Routine and Testing out more Manual Settings

1. I had a brief retreat recap here, but with the pictures it got way too long not to be it’s own post. 2. I knew this retreat had definitely been a time of great spiritual growth for me, but I had no idea that my renewed faithfulness would be put to the test so [...]

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7 Quick Takes – A Personal Photo Project, A Pregnant Inmate and Parachutes

1. We had the closing of our 40 days for life vigil last Sunday. There were several good stories and encouaging words, but this comment really stood out to me, it’s what we pro-lifers want most to get across if we hope to change hearts, but we have to remember it ourselves! ‘We are not [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Walking with the Lord, Bedtime, and A New Playmate

Sept 2 1. I’m blown away by how close God is to me now. I remember back at Keji at the end of July, looking up at the starry sky and crying out to the Lord how I missed Him! And now, He’s closer than ever! I prayed that I would not do anything to [...]

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Life on SAHM Island

“The average modern woman who is out of the workforce lives her life on a suburban desert island.” I largely keep pretty quiet about this because yeah, I feel like I shouldn’t complain and just ‘buck up and deal with it’ but I’ve really been feeling this the last few weeks or so and espeically [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Prayerful insights, Pregnancy Thoughts, and the Perfect Ocean Cake.

Quick Takes June 10 1. My little boy is 3 today. My firstborn, my big kid. It’s hard to believe that 3 years ago today we were in the hospital with a tiny squirmy bundle. Where did the time go? He’s walking and talking and has his own ideas about the world! I had no [...]

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