abiding in Christ
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Gypsy Gardenias

A few summers back I was knee-deep in wedding preparations for my daughter’s wedding. Most mothers of the bride are knee-deep. So let me be honest: I was DIY-floral-creation- on-a-budget neck deep! Having had an entire year to obsess over (I mean plan for) the arrangements, I dreamt up then cast aside enough ideas to Continue reading
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I Stopped Putting God First

Yes. You read that correctly. I might lose friends over this. But… I stopped putting God first in my life. For years, “Keep God First” was a well-intentioned mantra for many of my friends and me. We said it often. We wrote it a lot. And we meant it. We did. And J. O. Y. Continue reading