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Tall Love

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 Kristen 0 Comments #parentingteens, #respectingteens, #talllove, #teenagesons, #teencare, #teendiscipline, #teenssoar

A tall love does not brainwash. A tall love is not a mechanic doing basic maintenance on three mindless robots. A tall love is more like a park ranger, tending vast and wild landscapes of incredible beauty and value.

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All Smashed Together

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Kristen 4 Comments #boymom, #christmas, #godwithus, #mess, #pain, Immanuel

Before I could share with my husband and receive a loving hug of encouragement, our youngest shoved past my writing chair and pounded his fist on the bathroom door. Snarls or rage and pain answered back and I knew that our middle son must have been putting in his contacts at that exact moment, stabbing himself in the eye … again.

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The Altar

December 5, 2020October 30, 2020 Kristen 0 Comments #altar, #everydayfaith, #prayer, #seekinggod

It is humble. The crowded coffee table is at my right, a stack of laundry baskets boiling over with clean cloths is at my left, and my writing chair is just behind me. Sometimes the dog creeps into it and I have to shoo her away before I write. Nonetheless, in the quiet darkness of the early morning, after I study God’s word but before I open my computer to write, I kneel.

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