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We didn't even wait for the wake up call of the beautiful snow. We didn't have to. When the weatherman flashes a winter storm warning across the screen on the eve of a regular school night in east Tennessee, preparation begins before the first flake has fallen. While the women head to Kroger, the men venture out to the local hardware store to stock up on a fresh supply of sleds. Because, necessities...

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To the Lady in Front of Me at Target

I blame it all on the unexpected week at home. All of that break of snow fun left me a tad bit emotional I reckon, because on Monday when we got back into the swing of things well, I was not swingin'. I've been blessed with a job that allows me to work while the littles are away but, truth be told on Monday it really didn't take much time. And when I found myself finished early and the clock didn't...

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Life Lesson's Learned at the Circus

When there's an inch of ice on the ground, covered by an inch of snow and the power's been off and on all week.... And when the littles are out of school and you've bundled up and headed out to play in said snow and ice 1, 2 or 587 times.... Even though playing in all that said snow's been great and all, by the time Saturday rolls around and those big Barnum and Bailey trucks are making their...

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But The Lord

He's gone away again for a while now, only heaven knows when I will see him again. It's been that way for some time now. A few months here, a few there, never settled for too long. The way of the wanderer is hard. Unsure and unsettling, it's lonely and it's cold. Time makes accepting the way that things are now easier, yes. Yes it does. It doesn't however, make the reality of the situation less...

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Ten Blessings Found In Winter Weather

Back a long time ago in the olden days of summer, one could not have imagined the white beauty that sits outside my window this morning. After living in the frigid north for the better part of my adult life, I assumed that we wouldn't be getting many snow days down here in Knoxville. Think again. I don't assume the children will be back to school at all this week seeing as how the power is touch...

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The Loom

So when you're handed number 18189 on a little business card at the information desk of the O.R. where your son is having surgery, the process goes a bit like this: 1) You take said card and make your way to the fish tank. (Because everyone knows that a glimpse at a bright fish will always distract a mama's eyes and still a fast beating heart just a little.) 2) Find the number on the card and match...

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Deep Calls to Deep

I'm no bible scholar, that much is for sure. I'm not a preacher or even a teacher for that matter. I'm just a woman who's trying to live life. I have a lot of good days and some bad days too.  But it's on those nasty old unfortunate bad days that almost always, the Light of God shines the brightest. I had one of those bad, unfortunate, messed up days not too long ago. You know the kind where...

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