Saturday Update

The 4th of July is coming up soon. Yipee! It seems like just the other day that my mom, dad, and I were celebrating last year while my sisters were gone. That was the first year since I was little that we got to do fireworks at home. We had just moved to a new [...]

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Faithfulness

“Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful
May the fire of our devotion light their way
May the footprints that we leave
Lead them to believe
And the lives we live inspire them to obey
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.”
Words and music by Jon Mohr, sung by Steve Green
Originally posted at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/mandygrace

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Fruit of the Spirit

I posted on my blogspot blog today. Here’s part of what I wrote:
Galatians 5:22-23 says, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law” (KJV).
All believers have the potential to display the fruit of the spirit in their lives because they have [...]

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On Writing Part 3

Becoming a Better Writer
“What do you want to be when you grow up, Mandy?” my grandpa would ask me periodically when I was little.
“An author!” I replied each time. My answer never changed.
I wrote my first book when I was five about two girls in the same kindergarten class, just like my best friend Kristy [...]

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So Much To Do, So Little Time

First of all, happy Father’s Day to Dad!! My dad is the bestest. He had to work yesterday, but for dinner we had shish kabobs, corn on the cob, and peas from the garden. It’s been a looong time since we’ve grown sugar snap peas. Mom also made Dad a coconut pie for dessert (even [...]

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A Challenge

A couple weeks ago, I happened to listen to the Haven Today program on our Christian radio station. I don’t normally listen to that show because it’s on late at night, but for some reason I was up getting ready for bed and caught it. God’s timing is so perfect. The subject being discussed was [...]

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Another Grad Party

This weekend’s festivities are over. Everything went really well, and it was nice to be able to visit with people. My grandparents and aunt were such a big help, especially with our party. They took care of most of the food and helped decorate and made sure people had what they needed. My mom and [...]

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Where Have I Gone?

The blogging will be in short supply here for a few more days. This weekend is my sister’s homeschool graduation, and our grandparents are visiting from out of town, so we’ve been BUSY preparing for parties and such. My answers to comments may be slow in coming as well. Bear with me. I’ll be back [...]

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365 Days of Photos

I took this pic of the moon the other night when I was looking at the four planets in the sky. A bit blurry, but not bad.

Several times lately I’ve spotted a pretty yellow bird in our backyard. This morning I finally caught a picture of it. Well, half of it. I snapped this pic [...]

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End-of-the-School-Year Poem

The Tables Turned
by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Up! up! my Friend, and quit your books;
Or surely you’ll grow double,
Up! up! my Friend, and clear your looks;
Why all this toil and trouble?
The sun, above the mountain’s head,
A freshening luster mellow
Through all the long green fields has spread,
His first sweet evening yellow.
Books! ‘tis a dull and endless strife;
Come, hear [...]

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