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By JoanneKraft 16 Comments

Happy Birthday Meghan!!!

Seventeen years ago today, you were placed in my arms. Soft fuzzy blonde hair, just like a baby duck and the deepest dimples I had ever seen. I thought for sure that God had blessed me with the most beautiful baby girl He had created. What joy I had when I opened up your little blanket to look at your miraculous little body. All soft and chubby, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 'Blessed...', daughters, Happy Birthday Meghan, my baby is all grown up

By JoanneKraft 14 Comments

Our Thanksgiving Tradition

Does your family have a Thanksgiving tradion? How about a Thanksgiving tablecloth? Do you even know what a Thanksgiving tablecloth is? Once you see what it is, you will want one of your very own!Click here to read all about our family's Thanksgiving tradition. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: blessing, family traditions, gratefulness, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving tablecloth

By JoanneKraft 8 Comments

Life’s about choices…THEN SINGS MY SOUL SATURDAY

"Life's about choices." One our favorite sayings, we share with our children. Just like the foxes that steal the grapes, it is the small compromises that can lead us down the path towards heartbreaking choices. Casting Crowns song, Slow Fade, explains it perfectly. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: compromise, poor choices, Then sings my soul saturday

By JoanneKraft 13 Comments

I’VE BEEN TAGGED!

Well friends, there seems to be lots of bloggy tag going on lately. Three blog friends have tagged me. So if you're not in the mood for random facts, run for lives.My bloggy-bud Christelle from Beloved Mama and my newest blog friend, Jennifer from Through the Storms of Life, was first to tag me in this fun little game of randomness...Here's how it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: bloggy tag, friends, random facts

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Homemade Potpourri

I am a HUGE fan of scented candles, pumpkin spice being my absolute favorite. I would have one burning all day long if I could. Unfortunately, that can get pretty pricey. Quite a few years ago I found a recipe online for simmering potpourri that you can make yourself. The scent that permeates your home from this blessed concoction can only be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: homemade potpourri, homemaking, potpourri, recipe, secret recipe, works for me wednesday

By JoanneKraft 17 Comments

Jesus for President

Three reasons why you need to vote on Tuesday.1. As Christians,we need to make our voices heard in the country God has blessed us with.2. The freedom to vote is an honor and a privilege, period.3. We need to cancel out our relatives votes.For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: conservative, election, Jesus for President, politics

By JoanneKraft 14 Comments

Immediately a rooster crowed.

Then he began to curse and swear, saying, “I do not know the Man!” Immediately a rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” So he went out and wept bitterly.As I sat at my radio console at work, in walked one of our community service officers. Working for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: christian, Peter, suicide, work

By JoanneKraft 10 Comments

Homecoming 2008

Last weekend was homecoming for my oldest two children. Since Meghan is now a Senior, and her brother David a Freshman, they were able to attend it together. It was my daughter's first dance and my son's too. Meghan made it special by wearing the same dress I wore to my Senior homecoming dance in 1985. Her idea, not mine. For all of my wonderful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David, homecoming, meghan, school dance

By JoanneKraft 8 Comments

Wordless Wednesday….well, sorta…

Mom's famous apple crisp! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: apple crisp, Fall, home cooking, secret recipe

By JoanneKraft 24 Comments

Thank you God, for my mom.

Is there a day on your calendar that is marked by your heart? October 27th is that day for me. It is my mom's birthday. Growing up, us kids knew that this day was special for mom. Raising four children, this was the one day of the year that demanded we take our eyes off of ourselves and place them on her.She would have turned sixty-three today.This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: cancer, God, gratefulness, moms birthday, thankfulness

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