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In Mark 6, Jesus performs a miracle of feeding 5,000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish.  The disciples pass out the food and then collect 12 baskets of leftovers.  After this, they hop on a boat and float out to the middle of a lake.  In the middle of the night, the wind picks […]

Here’s another installment of books imitating life (or vice versa).  Tonight, we get a zoology lesson. My kids love animals; so we have a ton of books about animals.  One of their favorite books is a book called “Predator Splashdown”.  The book is a series of battle match ups between various water dwelling animals.  They […]

My husband and I ended 2019 with the flu. In 15 years of marriage, we have never both been sick simultaneously.  I do not recommend it. It started on a Friday.  We both felt ragged and run down but thought it was just the symptom of a long week with a holiday in the middle.  […]

I have an irrational fear. I take that back… I have several irrational fears.  Most of mine are about driving… I have an irrational fear of cars coming unhooked from car haulers on the highway. (I think that one is from the movies!) I have a fear of the retaining walls that they put up […]

All right, it’s confession time… I didn’t want to post this picture.  I don’t like the way that I look in this picture.  Actually, I really disliked the way I looked in every picture we took that day.  That evening, I told myself that I wasn’t going to post any of these pictures.   Then I […]

My daughter lost 2 teeth in a week. This was a big deal around our house.  She is six and had not lost any teeth yet.  She had seen her big brother lose several teeth and was waiting patiently for her turn. Finally, she had one loose tooth! She bit into a corn dog, not […]

In our home, I am a microwave thinker and my husband is a crock pot thinker.  So, when decisions need to be made or action needs to be taken, I tend to move faster than he does.  He likes the analyze the issue, thinking about it from different perspectives.  I like to go with my […]

I met a man several weeks ago.  His name is… well… let’s call him Kris Kringle, you know, to protect the innocent. When he told me his name, I was immediately taken aback. I thought it was a joke- thank goodness I didn’t start laughing.  He looked every bit his name. He had a round […]

It’s time for another peek behind the screen- lucky you! This week, I want to share with you the fun that we have been having in the Thomas household. In the last 10 days, we’ve had 2 busted toilets, an “aging dog”, a car in the shop, and been locked out of our house.  The […]

Recently, the director of my department left.  He earned a promotion and moved on to an incredible job.  We were all sad to see him go, but as a team, we were excited at this new opportunity that he had been given.  After he gave his notice, he spent the bulk of his time training […]