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The Blessed Middle: January 2016
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Friday, January 8, 2016. On Grief and Loss. We never imagined this chapter of our lives would end this way. After 10 years of trying to conceive, 10 years of fertility treatments, heartache, hoping and praying, we finally became pregnant in September. We were thrilled, but also nervous that something would go wrong. When you've dealt with disappointment for 10 years, you are afraid to exhale, the whole while waiting for the other shoe to drop. In these last weeks I've been listening to a song. Even when ...
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The Blessed Middle: We're having a...
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Thursday, November 3, 2016. I had listened to Johnnyswim's album on repeat for months and was anxious to hear them play all of my favorite songs. But then they began to play a song I'd never heard before. These words jumped out at me and chills ran up and down my arms as I tried to choke down the lump in my throat. Darling, can't you see that you're my sea and sun. Oh the battle rages, but the war is won. Adelina, Adelina, Adelina, Oh, there's hope for us. So just keep waiting, your hand is fading. 160;b...
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The Blessed Middle: December 2014
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Saturday, December 13, 2014. Brutal Honesty, Questions for God, and Going First. This post has been percolating in my mind for quite some time. But I’ve been hesitant to share these thoughts. I’m afraid I might be being too. These are thoughts and questions generally only shared in whispers in the confines of a darkened bedroom when my mind is racing, keeping me from sleep. Fears frantically scribbled down in the pages of my journal. The questions began. Does Brent feel the same way? Is he in agreement?
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The Blessed Middle: August 2015
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Saturday, August 15, 2015. Want the Life You Have. The other night I found myself Googling "How to want the life you have." So many of us spend time on Facebook or Instagram looking at photos and thinking " Wow, it must be nice to be or have. Many of us have taken roundabout paths to get where we are. I don't know a single person who is living her Plan A. So how do you become okay with living Plan C. or F? How do you wake up each day to a life you never planned or imagined? Isn't the same true in life?
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The Blessed Middle: July 2015
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Saturday, July 25, 2015. These are a Few of My Favorite. I've wanted to do a post about my favorite books for a while. As I've mentioned in previous posts, my love for books is borderline ridiculous. And after I did the post on my favorite cookbooks. I wanted to share books I love in other genres as well. A cute story with really fun artwork. And another great message in this one. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years. The Way Life Should Be. These 2 books of essays are my favorite. The Time Traveler's Wife.
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The Blessed Middle: September 2014
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Saturday, September 6, 2014. Waves, Tasting and Missing Pieces. There has been so much going on in my life that I've been absent from the blog for a while. What I didn't realize until recently was that I also have been absent in spirit from my life in some ways. I've been white-knuckling it. But what struck me even more was when my friend asked me what God had been teaching me through all of this. Hmm. Well. Umm. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to the chronicles of my journey! My hope is that togethe...
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The Blessed Middle: April 2015
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Monday, April 6, 2015. A Few of My Favorite Cookbooks. I love cookbooks. Seriously, I have a problem. I'm not joking. When Borders was closing a few years back, I went to every Borders store in the area and gobbled up the cookbooks super cheap. Every time I go to Half Price Books I make a beeline for the cookbook section and can spend hours browsing the shelves. Some cookbooks are better for eating healthy, some for extravagance. And there are some of each of those in this mix. Not so long ago I was a pi...
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The Blessed Middle: On Grief and Loss
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Friday, January 8, 2016. On Grief and Loss. We never imagined this chapter of our lives would end this way. After 10 years of trying to conceive, 10 years of fertility treatments, heartache, hoping and praying, we finally became pregnant in September. We were thrilled, but also nervous that something would go wrong. When you've dealt with disappointment for 10 years, you are afraid to exhale, the whole while waiting for the other shoe to drop. In these last weeks I've been listening to a song. Even when ...
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The Blessed Middle: Want the Life You Have
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Saturday, August 15, 2015. Want the Life You Have. The other night I found myself Googling "How to want the life you have." So many of us spend time on Facebook or Instagram looking at photos and thinking " Wow, it must be nice to be or have. Many of us have taken roundabout paths to get where we are. I don't know a single person who is living her Plan A. So how do you become okay with living Plan C. or F? How do you wake up each day to a life you never planned or imagined? Isn't the same true in life?
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The Blessed Middle: A Few of My Favorite Cookbooks
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Monday, April 6, 2015. A Few of My Favorite Cookbooks. I love cookbooks. Seriously, I have a problem. I'm not joking. When Borders was closing a few years back, I went to every Borders store in the area and gobbled up the cookbooks super cheap. Every time I go to Half Price Books I make a beeline for the cookbook section and can spend hours browsing the shelves. Some cookbooks are better for eating healthy, some for extravagance. And there are some of each of those in this mix. Not so long ago I was a pi...