2020 has been a depressing year! It has been a year we would like to forget, but surely will not be able to forget. We could never have predicted–toilet paper shortages, no March Madness, virtual schooling, church cancellations, mask wearing, election nightmares, a pandemic, and even cancelled holiday gatherings. It has been a surprising, difficult, …
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Aug 19
Chocolate Snow Flakes
2020 has been a rough year, but residents of Olten, Switzerland woke to a pleasant surprise recently–chocolate particles falling from the sky and covering the landscape. While this may sound like a scene out of the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, this really happened. The Lindt chocolate factory had a cooling ventilation defect …
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Apr 23
A Lesson from My Livestock!
One of my favorite times on our farm is when we turn the animals out to fresh pasture in the Spring. Our sheep and cows have been in the back pasture eating hay all winter. Any sprig of grass that popped up this spring would quickly be eaten by them. With two horses, nine cows, …
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Nov 16
What Would You Be Thankful For If You Lost Everything?
It is Thanksgiving time! For most of us that means food, football, and fun! We reflect and offer thanksgiving for all the abundant blessings that God has given us. But what would you be thankful for if you lost everything? Imagine if it was all stripped away, what would you have left? This may seem …
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Jun 15
40 Reasons I am Thankful on my 40th!
I turn 40 today, June 15, 2016. I am grateful and thankful on this occasion and I want to share 40 of these. There is no certain order to this list. I am thankful for . . . Living to 40! Life is never a right, but a blessing. Living in America with the wealth …
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