Stellan is weighing heavily on my heart and mind today as he undergoes surgery. Please, please pray fervantly for him and his "McFamily".
I have been following Katherine Wolf's blog since the beginning. What an amazing Christian woman, wife, mother!! Please, if you read nothing else today (well, except for the other blogs I'm mentioning today!), go read her awesome testimony -- One Year Later.
De'Etta and her family are moving to Japan! I'm sure they would also appreciate your prayers as they prepare for this huge adjustment!
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And how about this awesome framed print? You can make it right at your computer, and it can say anything you want. I got this idea (and the picture!) from Jennspiration who got from Chris, when she first started reading her blog. It is a Wordle collage. She started with the baby's name then added all words that pertained to "baby" and surrounded her name. She added some embellishments to the frame and ended up with this:
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There is so much I could say about this election season and its' results ... however, so many people have said it so much better than I ever could! I would encourage you to take a few minutes to read thru these posts. Be encouraged, be challenged, be proud to be an American! Above all, remember God is STILL God. :o)
"The office of President of the United States demands a good deal of respect. The occupant thereof deserves respect as well. Part of the problem of the last few years has been that there has been little to no respect for the office or its current holder.
That being said, we have a Democratic Republic, not a Monarchy. President-Elect Obama will not be king, but President. And in this country is not wrong to state our disagreements with his policies or actions as long as it is done in a respectful way."
Make sure you read the rest of what she has to say!
Stacy reminds us that God was not surprised by the election results and lists several reasons to be thankful.
I could go on forever ... there are seriously hundreds of extremely passionate, well-written articles concerning the election outcome. But since you've probably -- you know -- got a life (!), I'll leave you with just one more ...
I know it's been pretty quiet around here again ... sigh. It seems that my heart and mind has been overflowing with all things election these past few weeks. To the point that even our main school focus has been politics, government, issues, and all things presidential -- with a bit of math, reading and science thrown in for good measure.
Before most of us head to the polls tomorrow (you are going to vote, right?!), I thought I'd give you a few last articles to ponder.
Moms in the Right has several excellent blog posts on the campaign ... I managed to narrow it down to my five favorites, but spend some time reading their archives if you have the time.
And lastly, although we don't "do" halloween at our house, if we did I would have wanted to do this! :o) from Jennifer at Conversion Diary:
Speaking of Halloween and elections, I think I heard about the most clever costume ever: a friend's nephew dressed in a t-shirt that said POLLSTER, and then carried an Obama bag and a McCain bag, and people could choose which one they put candy in. He evidently got a really impressive haul of candy from people who expressed their emotions about this election by dumping handfuls of goodies into their candidate's bag.
(At the lunch where this story was recounted the floodgates were opened for wry comments about the Obama supporters taking candy from his bag to give to the kids who didn't want to trick-or-treat, or McCain supporters telling him to stop asking for handouts and go earn his own candy. As you can imagine, the witticisms abounded.)
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I am a Christian wife and homeschooling mother to 6 beautiful children ... 12, 13, 17 19, 26, and 29. Yes, we had them in sets of two!! We are homeschooling the youngest 4, the 5th just moved back home for a spell, and the sixth is getting married in November.
We also raise Pomeranian and Shih-Tzu puppies. I love reading mysteries, crocheting, scrapbooking, and reading other like-minded blogs. :o)
