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Changing Seasons – Our Glamping Adventure – Part One

  Clothes. Check. Food. Check. Towels and toiletries. Check. Shotgun (our fur-baby). Check. And…we’re off on our maiden voyage in our new-to-us compact travel trailer. Just Jim, Shotgun, and me. Shotgun is always ready to tag along and loves to 'ride shotgun' since he was a pup - thus, his name! Our destination? A grandparenting...

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Our Risky Trip

“I never even knew my dad cared about me,” he said, as we snuggled and kissed good night. My heart nearly burst with emotion. How can a boy grow to be a man without knowing his dad even cares?I had been fortunate. Divorce was a word I’d only heard. Not something I’d lived through. Not something that impacted me as it had my new husband.But, it...

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Down the Drain

Why is it…my best thoughts come easily - as gushing waters - when I’m without a pen and paper to record them? That’s just not right. Not for a writer, at least. As the toasty warm water washed through my freshly shampooed (and astonishingly thin) hair this morning God gave me a pep talk. Brilliant thoughts. Needed inspiration. Great scriptural...

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The 2020 Christmas Creche Countdown – Finale!

Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas Everyone! Today is the final post of my Christmas Creche Countdown and I have a beautiful new creche to share on this Holy holiday! And, yes, this was my splurge of the season. You already know I prefer 75-cent price tags - or $2 price tags. I'm even okay with an occasional $5 or $10 price tag, but when I saw this...

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Day 24 Christmas Creche Countdown

Day 24...It's Christmas Eve! Only one more post coming (after this one) in my 2020 Christmas Creche Countdown! I have truly enjoyed this 'exercise' in writing, and from the response, others have too. I'm glad. Thanks for your messages, comments, and emails. Thanks for tagging along as I share my nativity collection! Two more today, then the...

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Day 22 Christmas Creche Countdown

Good morning, All! Did you see the Bethlehem Star last night? Star of Wonder, Star of Night! The star that led the wisemen to Jesus. What led you to Him? Sometimes it does us good to ponder. To consider our lives. To realize where we are, remember where we've been, and focus on where we're going. What are we following in this thing called...


Welcome, I’m Elaine. I’m a follower of Jesus Christ, a choreographer of words, a challenger of the status quo, an admirer of all things colorful, and a lover of life who finds great comfort and joy in knowing I’m completely adequate to do whatever it is God calls me to do!

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