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That Month In Between, Part One

You know when you go to work having a plan, having it "all together", and before you come home, your entire plan has changed? Like this morning, when I went to work and had a job, compared to this afternoon... When I didn't.You see, a few weeks back I sat in a meeting where my boss told us 4-6 of us would be let go in the summer. Okay cool. Type A personality that I am, I sat down and made my list of what bills were due and when and which paycheck could pay them, and the absolutely  last ... VIEW POST

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Break Glass In Case of Emergency

I heard the chorus of Plumb's song "Need You Now" on the way to work this morning. When I hear it, it makes me think of someone with a crippling illness that is crying out for healing. Someone with something that she just cannot handle one more day of. She sings:"How many times have you heard me cry out:God PleaseTake This?How many times have you given me strength to just keep breathing?Oh I need you,God I need you now."You see, our family is going through some changes right now. New jobs, new ... VIEW POST

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You Don’t Want That One

We went to see a house this weekend. Three, actually. We have stalked one of them. Not stalked the people inside, to clarify. Just drove past the house on our way back from church. Or took the long way through town to drive by at night to see what it looks like with the lights on. And then there was the one time we drove by and discovered the garage door was open, so we backed up into the neighbor's driveway and left before anyone noticed us house-stalking. You know, those things you do when you ... VIEW POST