tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59906296028119219082024-03-05T10:41:31.178-05:00The Hambrick FamilyJennifer Hambrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11420443352182380333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-28421017352630460222020-12-24T07:23:00.005-05:002020-12-24T07:41:15.421-05:00on loss in 2020<p>The Winter Solstice was earlier this week: the darkest night of the entire year. </p><p><br /></p><p>It feels significant, in this year of 2020, to acknowledge the dark, without comparison or minimizing.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>List of things lost in 2020:</b></p><p><b>* </b>Tony, Mary Jane, and Ms. Jean </p><p>* Scott's grandma, Tom's mom, Greg's mom</p><p>* a little niece or nephew</p><p>* 7 scheduled Nicarauga trips </p><p>* Income</p><p>* soccer seasons</p><p>* In person performance for Ella's acting class</p><p>* Seeing and giving smiles that can be seen in public</p><p>* Youth retreats</p><p>* Going to the movies</p><p>* The Homeplace Restaurant (and many others)</p><p>* Jennifer L and Jimmy C</p><p>* Hugs and handshakes and sending homemade meals</p><p>* The last and final whiffs of sweet boyhood from Eli and Ezra</p><p>* Seeing numerous friends from church...</p><p>* Birthday parties, holiday parties, graduation parties...</p><p>* Any perception of control</p><p><br /></p><p>And yet, in darkness, <i>good t</i>hings are happening.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like a seed planted, deep into the <i>dark </i>soil, growth...grows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our physical bodies, designed to spend hours each day asleep, <i>in the dark,</i> in order for restoration, healing, and growing to happen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll acknowledge that growth...perhaps, tomorrow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, I lament the loss. I bring all my grief and sadness and confusion to my Father, for he cares and sees and is so very with me. My lament is brought with belief, the truth that HE IS good and sovereign, the two guardrails that prevent my veering into whining. </p><p><br /></p><p>The surprising thing about practicing the spiritual discipline of lamenting is that it makes room and clears space for healing. It acknowledges, at its core, that God is the only one who brings true comfort and peace.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I lament with belief, opening up myself to Him fully and honestly, I clear the way for praise. Not because my circumstances are changed, but because the conditions within my own heart are changed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>How long will you hide your face from me?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>How long will my enemy triumph over me?</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Look on me and answer, Lord my God.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," and my foes will rejoice when I fall.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>But I trust in your unfailing love;</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>my heart rejoices in your salvation.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>I will sing the Lord's praise,</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>for he has been good to me.</i></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Psalm 13</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxwKZOec33A153nqtj82oo5TplqVV_XsgejZSMuPKXI8AGMpZ4f1bSM3q1s6IXZ4_O7tsAbahUfUUEiLdsA0ueNbOfCzv037qAosWjZPTtnBnmHFGcoirWcjkdTgWHLaGSsc-LUTby4s/s4032/IMG_6656.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxwKZOec33A153nqtj82oo5TplqVV_XsgejZSMuPKXI8AGMpZ4f1bSM3q1s6IXZ4_O7tsAbahUfUUEiLdsA0ueNbOfCzv037qAosWjZPTtnBnmHFGcoirWcjkdTgWHLaGSsc-LUTby4s/w480-h640/IMG_6656.HEIC" width="480" /></a></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-939702425091151952020-12-24T06:55:00.002-05:002020-12-24T06:59:18.183-05:00these are the days of (December 2020 edition)<p>* In person co-op classes cancelled, but still working thru school (Zoom calls = ugh. Just ugh.)</p><p>* Zoe drawing animals all day long - piles of paper and eraser nubs everywhere</p><p>* Doing all the Christmas things // Moose on the Loose // Illuminights // baking // wrapping // visiting family // gingerbread houses</p><p>* Tommee Profitt's <i><b>The Birth of a King</b></i> album on repeat</p><p>* The constant thump of the basketball in the afternoons</p><p>* Slow, quiet, cozy mornings with the fire and coffee</p><p>* News filled with vaccine hopes</p><p>* Zoe watching // listening to Hamilton on repeat</p><p>* Ezra playing Java Minecraft on Dad's computer</p><p>* Dreaming about a finished basement</p><p>* Jeremiah researching/getting his mountain bike</p><p>* Ella reading in her room // going on walks with Natalea </p><p>* Still wearing masks everywhere</p><p>* The boys negotiating for a later bedtime</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQyFWsytpJjhT062KUtYHTZTZO-9kUylRhMZG3Qv39nlcu_LcOHjH_SnhHpHobuZVTlTte7lEtW3ZKkoZQi-4VwI-Nuu26Lg89TuLO5iRvNe6pDPN9pAi24N_92KbCi09OQHVeTkRuU0/s3024/0F8A21DD-E1B0-4DFE-84A7-BD6D2A9996E8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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How?)</p><p><br /></p><p>He entered this world tiny and rocking the hairy wizened old man look. </p><p><br /></p><p>I remember meeting his eyes the moment they placed him in my arms and being struck by how alert and aware he was. He was so wide eyed. And, oh, he has a dimple! I was so endeared by those wide blue eyes and dimple.</p><p><br /></p><p>Little did I know how divinely placed that dimple was. </p><p><br /></p><p>He was the happiest baby ever. He never (outwardly) expressed any separation anxiety. He lived to smile and wrestle with his Daddy and eat all the fruit and make car noises and take delight in learning early how to push his big sisters buttons.</p><p><br /></p><p>And now he's 13. </p><p><br /></p><p>He still loves to smile, but never for pictures without threatening from me. He still loves to wrestle with his Daddy, but actually gives him a run for his money. His sweet tooth remains strong. No more car noises, but he has strong car opinions. And he has developed mastery over learning how to push every siblings button. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've made no secret about how the Lord has used Ezra to sanctify me. Nothing has humbled me more than my parenting journey with this boy. He reveals to me daily how little control I have over anything outside of myself, my reactions, and my choices. </p><p><br /></p><p>And so, my endearment to him has moved beyond his dimple and wide blue eyes into a Holy acknowledgement of how needed he has been to my soul. The Holy Spirit has used him to reveal my pride and therefore allowed me the possibility to move to surrender...freedom. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><b>My dear Ezra,</b></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><b>You will already hate this letter because I called you dear. But, you are dear to me and you'll just have to get over me saying it. You are entering the teenage years and I am so stinkin excited for you. I catch glimpses of the incredible man that is coming...I saw it in the dedication and hard work you exerted this Summer as you mowed lawns with your brother. I see it in the passion and motivation you display when you fully immerse yourself into mountain biking or learning a new piano or violin composition. I see it in the serious way you have taken to your service on the Kidsrock team at church. You are </b></i><i><b>funny - keep working on the timing thing. When you figure it out, and you will, it will serve you and those around you well. My prayer for you this year is for a soft and teachable heart. I love you and like you.</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b>always,</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><b><i>your Mom</i></b></p><p><b><i><br /></i></b></p><p><b><i>p.s. 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F.A.N.A.T.I.C. I'm pretty sure if there was a legitimate way to monetize her animal impersonations, her college fund would be set. </p><p><br /></p><p>Her moods are still as volatile as a southern summer afternoon. You will always know how she feels about you, how she feels about anything...which, is mostly an amazing trait. Unless she doesn't like you. <i>Awkward.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Her days are spent reading, drawing, playing with her stuffed animals, surviving her older brothers, and playing with friends and cousins any chance she gets. </p><p><br /></p><p>Despite (or perhaps, because of) the age difference, she shares a special friendship with Ella. They just upgraded their room together with new loft beds and a new-to-us desk (which she promptly insisted on painting peacock blue). Fitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>She's made incredible strides in all school subjects over the last year, but reading is her favorite.</p><p><br /></p><p>She's my buddy on a lot of evenings when the big kids are gone and I love how she will ask me, "so, Mom, what should we do tonight?!" </p><p><br /></p><p>She's so stinking full of life, living up to her name every day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy nine years Zoe Elizabeth, you're kinda a big deal to all of us.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KADBYOORKT-acAu8zn7rtN-__-Pvq9ALsr5aaUutC1A8wJFxMYIeJwHQd9J8ItpCH1hY2l8qBfKTWB4qdtHXaMcQVADPjlNfClKYHEpRPLL06QpXuZMrS9pY7-B_Aq_ETI0mM72Cd24/s640/IMG_5877.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Still crazy about animals." border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0KADBYOORKT-acAu8zn7rtN-__-Pvq9ALsr5aaUutC1A8wJFxMYIeJwHQd9J8ItpCH1hY2l8qBfKTWB4qdtHXaMcQVADPjlNfClKYHEpRPLL06QpXuZMrS9pY7-B_Aq_ETI0mM72Cd24/w480-h640/IMG_5877.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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These are unprecedented days, but I won't insult your intelligence by summarizing what we have all been living through for the last 4 months. You already know, you already get it.<br />
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Lately, the preeminent conversation amongst my circle of people is the one of school choice for the upcoming year. And wow, what a discussion. All the options and opinions floating out there will make your head spin.<br />
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Spoiler alert:<b> </b>I'm not going to add one more opinion to the mix. I don't know if you <i>should </i>choose option 1, 2, or 3, or if you <i>should </i>homeschool, or if you <i>should</i> send them to private school. (Nobody likes to be <i>"should-ed"</i> on anyways, am I right?!)<br />
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But I am going to encourage you to remember a few things as you consider your options and ultimately make the decision you feel the Lord is leading your family into:<br />
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<b>1) This decision doesn't have to last forever. </b><br />
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Seems obvious enough, but in the heat of decision making, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that you aren't chained to this decision for the rest of your life. If it's not working for you or your child, or new options open up for you down the road that will be better for everyone, you can change your mind. Don't overcomplicate. <i>Make the best decision for the right now you find yourself in.</i><br />
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<b>2) Don't give yourself too much credit.</b><br />
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In these pressure filled days, we can be led to make a decision with an impaired sense of perspective. Let me let you in on something: <i style="font-weight: bold;">Whatever decision you make is not going to send your children down an unalterable trajectory. </i>To think otherwise is to ultimately place yourself in the seat of sovereignty that only God occupies. You aren't in control. May you find some freedom in the truth of that.<br />
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<b>3) Who you are as you make this decision is more important than the actual decision.</b><br />
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Your children are watching from the front row as you navigate these choices. And while, yes, your decision is important, don't lost sight of what is most important. In a world where fear is predominant, you have been given an unprecedented opportunity to show your children what it actually looks like to trust God, to have peace that passes all understanding, and to relinquish your perceptions of control. In the hearts of your children, this too shall last long after any pandemic has passed.<br />
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<b>Bonus: Don't lose sight that the very fact that we have choices is an evidence of the privilege we live in. </b>I've met momma's all over the world who are consumed with surviving. Food, clean water, and maintaining a roof over their heads occupy their days. This doesn't minimize your situation or decision, but hopefully re-orients your perspective to one of gratefulness and the inherent abundance we are living in, despite the weirdness of this season.<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-44945487693248474862019-08-02T11:38:00.000-04:002019-08-03T09:08:02.505-04:00In Remembrance (to Myla on what would have been her 10th birthday)<br />
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She would have turned 10 this week.<br />
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In our family, for your 10th birthday you get to choose between a go-all-out friends party or a day trip experience (think Amusement park, etc.) with just the family. Ella chose a friends party, the boys chose the adventure, and we probably won't know what Zoe will choose until the day before.<br />
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It's always the not knowing that stops me: What would Myla have chosen? Friends or adventure? Cake or cobbler or pie? Would she have been into books or animals or art or sports or...<br />
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It's such a strange hollow feeling to miss someone you never knew.<br />
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I'm reminded, that walking into this week, I must drink again from the stream of sorrow that cannot be fully remedied in this life.<br />
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And yet, I do not want these lingerings of grief to be eased, for in them I see the sureness of the presence of God - I feel Him weeping with me. In them is found a sweetness. A gift to hold thoughts of her. She is not forgotten.<br />
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Her short life still bears impact: the beginning of my re-making into a Christ-follower more sympathetic, more compassionate, and deeply more conscious of my frailty and daily dependence upon Jesus; as one more invested in the hope of the resurrection of the body and the return of the King, than ever before.<br />
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<i>My dear Myla,</i></div>
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<i> My heart treasures you and the short time I held you in my body. </i></div>
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<i>You are missed and loved and remembered.</i></div>
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<i>Always,</i></div>
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<i>Your Momma</i><br />
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<i>There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried.</i><br />
<b>- Archbishop Oscar Romero</b><br />
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<i>The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.</i><br />
<b>- Psalm 34:18</b></div>
Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-68690627783369313062019-02-15T17:13:00.001-05:002019-02-15T17:16:49.167-05:00Brainstorm Session: The Climb<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Started strong. Quietly enthusiastic in his quintessential Eli way. Half way up.</div>
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A glance down. </div>
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Recognition of how high he is slowly spreads all over his face. </div>
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Upward motion halted. Need to come down apparent.</div>
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Watch the others come down, all the others, with his very own eyes.</div>
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Others offer encouragement, you-can-do-it's, and eventually...pleadings.</div>
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Still stuck.</div>
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Paralyzed.</div>
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Started strong. Nothing but patience. We've come so far.</div>
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Heart hurts that he feels stuck.</div>
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Hate that he feels anxious, fear.</div>
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More patience. Some pleadings.</div>
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I know he will get down.</div>
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He did it. </div>
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He let go.</div>
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Time to rest.</div>
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I've seen a lot of sauntering into 2019,</div>
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messages of work harder, </div>
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do better,</div>
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be your best self, ever,</div>
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<b>B.A.M.</b></div>
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At first glance it seems good,</div>
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positive,</div>
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inspiring, maybe?</div>
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Yet, I know the truth of those stories. </div>
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They ring hollow,</div>
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for they rely on...well, <i>me</i>. </div>
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And I know me.</div>
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I've been let down by me more times than I can count.</div>
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I've been disappointed by me more than I'd care to admit.</div>
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Here's my true story,</div>
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not exactly Instagram<span style="text-align: center;">-worthy, but what I've come to know as trustworthy, </span></div>
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solid, and that which will never ring hollow.</div>
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My prayer and cry as I welcomed this new year...</div>
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Gently reveal the lies,</div>
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bring the false stories to the surface,</div>
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for though I <i>appear</i> capable on the outside:</div>
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<i>In myself I do not have the strength </i></div>
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<i>to accomplish the tasks to which I am called for this new year of life.</i></div>
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<i>Apart from the very Spirit of God breathing life</i></div>
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<i>into my incomplete and sin-tainted efforts,</i></div>
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<i>apart from the Father blessing and </i></div>
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<i>multiplying</i></div>
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<i>my inadequate offerings,</i></div>
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<i>apart from my Lord meeting me</i></div>
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<i>in my stumbling attempts at faithfulness,</i></div>
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<i>no good work will come to fruition,</i></div>
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<i>no achievement will endure,</i></div>
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<i>no lasting benefit will come of my labors.</i></div>
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<i>to the end of trust in my own strength,</i></div>
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<i>that I may avail myself</i></div>
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<i>again and again of His strength.</i></div>
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<b>- Every Moment Holy</b></div>
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I am seen and loved,</div>
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fully known,</div>
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given a ministry, a message,</div>
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surprised with a joy I cannot explain,</div>
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even on the darkest of days...</div>
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<b>Give me the courage to show up as myself in 2019. </b></div>
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For I am one desperately living in my weakness and resting in His power.</div>
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<b>This. Is. My. Truest. Story.</b></div>
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<i>But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness," Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9</i></div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-9516993888950168832019-01-03T15:35:00.000-05:002019-01-03T15:35:03.509-05:00for posterity: December 2018<br />
<b>Posterity</b> - <i>noun</i><br />
succeeding or future generations collectively:<br />
<i>A photographer recorded the scene for posterity.</i><br />
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<i><b>December 2018:</b></i><br />
<i>Holiday Vintage Ball, </i><br />
<i>Holiday visits to and from grandparents,</i><br />
<i>the BIG SNOW,</i><br />
<i>Christmas Farm lights,</i><br />
<i>Christmas dates,</i><br />
<i>trips to the river,</i><br />
<i>Gingerbread showdown with our life group,</i><br />
<i>time for finishing long overdue baby books,</i><br />
<i>Ugly Sweater Christmas party,</i><br />
<i>cherishing old recipes,</i><br />
<i>and </i><i>moments of quiet, creativity, and reflection.</i><br />
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-57719423204157218462019-01-03T15:10:00.000-05:002019-01-03T15:14:42.467-05:00down to the river, making room for 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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December is past.<br />
A month with the propensity for hurry, for busy, for filling...<br />
Parties, shopping, baking, wrapping, decorating, traveling,<br />
and lots and lots (and lots) of family togetherness.<br />
Good things.<br />
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And yet, my soul can feel overstuffed.<br />
Like my house when I let the clutter pile up.<br />
When I let the <i>things</i> take over.<br />
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It's time to make room.<br />
To de-clutter.<br />
To allow space in my soul...<br />
for sitting down,<br />
for noticing,<br />
and for worship.<br />
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And so, we went down to the river.<br />
We took time to sit.<br />
And notice.<br />
And worship.<br />
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Making room for the new things,<br />
the new year,<br />
and mostly, resting in the God who never changes.<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-30668190290687251732018-12-13T12:28:00.001-05:002018-12-13T12:28:24.542-05:00a liturgy for the melting of snow<br />
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Why this sadness at the melting?<br />
Why this sinking,<br />
as the green and brown emerges?<br />
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Snow brings an unmarked, unaltered, unmarred landscape.<br />
Of course, I do not want the beauty of such fresh covering to end,<br />
for it brings forth uncontested satisfaction in my deep places -<br />
such peace, such perfection.<br />
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The white immaculacy,<br />
has broken open a window for me,<br />
a wedge through which I have glimpsed<br />
<b><i>a vision of things as they one day will be,</i></b><br />
growing in me a yearning for a place my eyes have yet to see.<br />
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May I return now to this life of mud and mess,<br />
thankful for a truer vision and a motivating hope,<br />
trailing with me remnants of that coming beauty.<br />
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And so, let this melting do it's work in me,<br />
O, Christ.<br />
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No, seriously. Best week ever. </div>
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We carved out a week from our lives and schedules for the 1st ever Hambrick Family Vacation to the Outer Banks of NC. Now, we've obviously traveled a lot and gone on other vacations but its always been ministry related or with other friends and family or for just one or two nights. Never have we done a "family only" trip for an entire week...and it did not disappoint!</div>
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From swimming to putt-putt, boogie boarding to shell hunting, naps and Phase 10, climbing Jockey's Ridge dunes, sneaking away on dates to celebrate 15 years of marriage, walking the boardwalk, ice-cream every day, bike rides and the kids personal highlight of driving the "gulf" cart...the week was nothing short of perfect. </div>
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The older the kids get the faster it seems to go...and we realize more and more that "they" were right: the days are long but the years are short. And weeks like these are a gift.</div>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-34434915643777585852018-03-26T08:53:00.000-04:002018-03-26T08:53:10.260-04:00Holy Week 2018, It's Here!It's here! My favorite week of the whole entire year.<div>
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I say it every stinkin' year, but every year I mean it: who cares about Christmas without Easter?!!!</div>
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Therefore, I want to be ever more intentional in making this week special for me and my family. In the midst of normal busy life, schedules, school, soccer, and the superbowl of Sunday's (aka: Easter Sunday) planning...my prayer is that the significance of this week will be found fresh to me, that the Word will come alive, and the Holy Spirit bring a new understanding to my heart. </div>
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My kids aren't toddlers anymore, or preschoolers, OR even all grade schoolers this year...and it is time to re-vamp the Holy Week schedule we've been following for years. We are still doing our traditions, just adding in some "older" element. Stay tuned for pictures!</div>
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But for now, I can't help a photojournal walk down memory lane of Holy Week's past...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2009, Planting New Life Seeds with just the two.<br /><br /><img height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYVx8S6i6tAwKUc3g_fXcWZFbnSYDFVqOPzovGwy2NzMXsbMGhOTamhVJ0KQCI3_qpFPz4XD0sAsEEoKI7dig7bgqFd4x2eDx9iHOeGlmoaPUT5PE2H9MQf_bkyhnyUmaSg5mZYZ_sb5c/s640/DSC_0020+copy.jpg" width="640" /><br />2012, Special family readings and devotions<br /><br /><img height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR86zaVfIcf82Tr0n19nz4s5WadiwqPB_yT4XwzkuWanOBBKUTHl21AttFrlMYTv6EJlGKWzeRPnk3LRIf_hArKEoYgU5yvcoxGHpDGgWjv5cFceMzZlpfWQDVcOFr9vezX7siPlCb_1U/s640/DSC_0703.JPG" width="424" /><br />Footwashing, 2010<br /><br /><img height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnGcaz2aPzzCJ_4249LviVvm4lYTKqX-AEIPXfs-La2npENivTySuN3m41xVfCFb9HavXtAGwAm7W2lcBtGzjEg2g9GvjwTNvTXuALEMTrW5Je79R6FMkkBwd-8wVQYE-xG6NzcdiEM8/s640/37.jpg" width="640" /><br />New Life Seeds, 2014<br /><br /><img height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkNb_WFSkYEABOI-3-MFfVxSpTzj3-9Cf4H3aLDMsLEjExyE_8zlAimp9U3jyAr-9oVxd5ijGdLLylXFf_UaURY81JJGARVlTZSc-dhqJ4mkRMHwcezHgrov71G42SdJIdtjyXJXElr9s/s640/32.jpg" width="640" /><br />The foot washings took A LOT longer in 2014, ha!<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GEh1fwGUMzboR1clm_7wQVSnDwe5I-vHFeVGNccyfRXS_aEkwGffG0Sq0bCxeTXuFaLrN511N41UN4LtB4rw2YaZrV6pSA9I5ycBxGD_s9-Y0ry4l8rR4PnN4yWO5FCZB7I-MFFjzHU/s640/Holyweek3.jpg" /><br />Special crafts, 2015<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiSQe8aCopJsT0HVLQOTgdcN3SjPeQ9iLrVoGyRwa9KGHvuvM7Wej2UrRD4_LrUNqKbBQTx5916J9GOnMG8vgVFBitMIvKL0S9tr5zvlaAd3lV0-qNPShsVhFMczH27WSL4wEv3Rh5z6E/s640/holyweek13.jpg" /><br />Egg dyeing, 2016<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpenb4Gw0Yl9Mfpu6ph4rKzbyYxf7T9XTizp4gmOWgZAtRBkJhpV4G8wsR4ap46PdeKfcDPPHoFtLjZlT1NicPL-bs8rBWiRK8st_xUWtGBZgQMG1t2BXAcrF1tmmFMdvUOuwTCS2Q3U/s640/holyweek25.jpg" /><br />Foot washing, 2015<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_k3EJ84tJrbP31wB6ZsStobItlCS6VpGdihWLdPOmlVzqIrGetZv3ttvieA5dxZvrz9LFBjdolehn9aPN1ArTjApr_bYDxYRay9L1TeB9zxwgm-GT_T_6n_1dj8p4-3hngDEx_UkMWHA/s640/7.jpg" /><br />Traditional Sedar Meal, in pajamas 2017<br /><br /><br /></td></tr>
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Eleven.</div>
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This means I have had 8 years to be his Mom. Gah. Eight?!!!!</div>
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He is still the sweetest, but, oh my...his sassy side is definitely <strike>screaming</strike> showing these days.</div>
He still loves sports, movies, salads, and spicy foods.<br />
His favorite subject in school is history and he likes reading historical fiction.<br />
He LOVES Red, the family dog.<br />
He is my best helper.<br />
He would rather play basketball than almost anything.<br />
He still asks the most random questions.<br />
His best friend is Ezra. (They are currently together on his special birthday Daddy breakfast because Eli insisted on inviting him.)<br />
The reading "click" happened last year...but this year he has found his writing "click" and I LOVE how he is learning to express himself through his words.<br />
He had grown 3 inches in 6 months and his feet are bigger than mine now!<br />
He still makes the craziest faces.<br />
You will never meet a more easy going boy.<br />
Or a more loved one...<br />
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<b><i>Goodness, you are so crazy ridiculously awesome! We love your laid-back go with the flow attitude and your enjoyment of simple things. I have learned so much from you. I say it every year, but every year I mean it more: You are my hero. You work so hard. You don't need to be in the spotlight, but quietly shine at whatever you do. Your Daddy and I are so proud of you...and so grateful to be your parents. Your life is such a testimony to the faithfulness of our God.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Happy happy birthday, sweet boy of mine.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>I love you.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Love,</i></b><br />
<b><i>Mom</i></b>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-72084074937472614142018-03-21T19:34:00.000-04:002018-03-21T19:34:21.563-04:00On the Eve of Eleven (Up From Underwater)<b>**I'm feeling quite sentimental on this night before Eli's birthday...and I came across this post from 5 years ago. I can't even begin to express the emotions I have reading this. It is nothing short of a miracle when I consider how far we've come, how faithful the Lord is, how I JUST found him curled up in his bed finishing "The Giver", how worth it he is, and how thankful I am to be his Mom. **</b><br />
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I recently read a <a href="http://scoopingitup.blogspot.com/2013/01/communicating-under-water-and-getting.html"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>post from a fellow adoptive blogger friend</b></span></a> that got me thinking about something that is constantly nagging in the shadows and cobwebs of my mind. It's about Eli and adoption and feeling that while we have come so so so far, miraculously far...we still have so so so far to go.<br />
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I'm feeling vulnerable writing this, as I don't want to betray my sweet son, and one day have him read this and stir up any unhealthy emotions. But then I realize what sweet promise there is in the idea I have of him discovering this one day...<br />
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He will have to be able to read this in order to read this.<br />
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Duh, I know.<br />
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But knowing his start in life and the academic hurdles we are crossing and going to be crossing in the years to come will someday (please God!) lead to him be able to read this himself will be nothing short of a miracle. A moment I will fall apart in and go to the ugly cry. Don't get me wrong about Eli...he is smart. Oh. So. Smart. But he missed every single building block one needs to build the foundation upon which one learns to read in his first three years of his life. No one read to him, sang to him, did puzzles or patterns or even played with him. Those gaps aren't made up easily and without effort. Momentous effort, I am learning...on his and my part. It sometimes feels as though we are inching through quick sand, uphill, barefoot, and dehydrated.<br />
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He will have to care about himself and his history and his adoption and me in order to want to read this one day.<br />
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And so, I attempt to move on and put to words the feeling that I'm just not able to shake about Eli and me...<br />
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<b><i>I still feel as though I don't know him. </i></b><br />
Like really really deep down know him.<br />
Like I want to know him.<br />
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I can look at Ella, Ezra, and Zoe and know them.<br />
I know why they react like they do.<br />
I know their whole persons, ins and outs and in betweens.<br />
I know.<br />
<i>I just do.</i><br />
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I know <i>more</i> of Eli than I used to.<br />
A lot more.<br />
I even told Jeremiah that I really felt like I "got" Eli this Christmas when I bought him his presents...a ninja costume, a microphone, and a spiderman web-shooter. He really really loved(s) everyone of them. It was one of my favorite parts of the holiday...knowing I had finally got him a gift that was...<i>him.</i><br />
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I know that he likes mexican food and superhero movies and playing with nerf guns. I know he is scared of the dark and doesn't like his hair combed. I know he has a fascination with elephants and won't hold an insect to save his life. I know he loves water and never ever complains about being cold or hot.<br />
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We've come a long, long way.<br />
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But there are still deep closed off places in him, places that he retreats to when confronted with any sort of reprimand or fear.<br />
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There are still reactions that I do not understand.<br />
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There are still check out moments that cause my heart to clench.<br />
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There are still gaps that I am unsure how to best close.<br />
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There is still so much I want to know about him. So much I long to know about him.<br />
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My friend said it best when she said it was like communicating underwater: both parties can see each other but there is a vagueness and inability to clearly understand each other.<br />
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I don't have a magic wand that I can wave.<br />
Time does/is help/ing, but it isn't a cure-all.<br />
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Love is here.<br />
The feeling and the choosing kind.<br />
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Hope is here.<br />
Not the pie-in-the-sky kind, but a confident and expectant kind.<br />
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But reality is here as well.<br />
The reality that it is going to take<i> a lot</i>...<br />
a lot of time,<br />
a lot of effort,<br />
a team of support,<br />
a God of miracles,<br />
and a very very (<i>very</i>) patient Momma.<br />
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I just know that knowing him and hearing him above the water is going to be so worth it.<br />
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This month is brought to you by the letter F.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F is for football. <br />
Superbowl Sunday night and this little one couldn't quite hang till the end, ha! Fast asleep under that book.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F is for flu.<br />
All six of us came down with the actual flu within a 24 hour period of each other. <br />
It was fun times around this house (sarcasm font) for almost a full 2 weeks. Bleh. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">F is for farewell.<br />
We said farewell to our beloved Nena, right by her bedside, singing her straight to Jesus.<br />
It was such a holy moment.<br />
I'm forever grateful for this woman, who loved me like a granddaughter.<br />
I long for the day when we can reunite in Heaven.</td></tr>
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These two always know how to find the perfect sunny spot on a cold February day.<br />
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F is for freestyling. <br />
His preferred lego style.<br />
Ain't no instruction booklet gonna hold him back.<br />
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F is for family basketball games.<br />
This stage is so stinkin' fun.</td></tr>
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F is for flying. </div>
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Our Ella is in Haiti right now thru the end of March. </div>
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Without us. (But with Gramma and PawPaw)</div>
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And she is so ready for this. The first of many steps toward independence. </div>
<span id="goog_1888795504"></span><span id="goog_1888795505"></span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-53463837997015376252018-02-02T16:07:00.000-05:002018-02-02T16:07:52.709-05:00January Journal<br />
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I'm not sure why, because I normally love this month, but January felt like it had 74 days in it...anyone else?<br />
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But, we made it through...and, February is here!<br />
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Some January highlights:<br />
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I read a lot last month. Like a lot, a lot...for me. There's something to be said for long dark nights. I made a goal to finish any unfinished books in my kindle, and made quite a dent. Also, our library has a staff recommends section and I made it through several of their picks. That was fun, as it stretched me to read beyond my norm.<br />
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Some of my favorites:<br />
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I had a trip planned to Haiti in January, but Jeremiah ended up having to go without me as our whole crew, including myself got a case of the crud. I kept my pity party to a minimum and managed to redeem the week. And, full disclosure...I think the Lord knew I needed to miss my hubby. <br />
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January is a big school month for us. We pack a lot into these long grey days.<br />
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In between piano breaks for this 10 year old dude...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We loved "The Greatest Showman" movie and Ezra insisted on learning the music to it!<br /><br /></td></tr>
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I'm a little late to the bandwagon (story of my life) but I am now fully in love with online grocery shopping. Kroger's clicklist service has been a <strike>life</strike> time saver!<div>
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<b><i>** A re-post that I will always be re-posting. I first wrote this in 2010, just days after the earthquake that devastated Haiti. I mourned for an entire nation and for a sweet little boy we had just befriended. This week, 8 years later, I still mourn for a nation that has become more than a "project" ...it's my second home, filled with family and friends and memories. Certainly not a $%!&hole to me. However, I don't mourn as one without hope...seeing how the Holy Spirit is moving and working within the people of this nation has filled me with hope and expectation for what Jesus can do in this broken yet beautiful country.</i></b></div>
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Because I know it is easy to look at all the news stories and pictures and just be overwhelmed by the tragedy and all the people in Haiti affected by the earthquake.<br />
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Peterson's life was not just a number...<br />
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When we first arrived in Haiti and made our way to Sherrie's house one of the first kids to greet us was a skinny boy in the gangly stage that all school aged boys hit.<br />
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He was missing his front teeth and had the most sparkling eyes.<br />
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Jeremiah quickly realized that he had an instant companion in this boy.<br />
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Peterson stuck by our side the whole time we were there and wasn't afraid to lend a helping hand during our construction project.<br />
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You know, the kind of look that just sends chills down your spine because you know he is about to unleash all fifty pounds of his ninja fury onto you =)<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies?</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;">Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.</span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-6211148563701928552018-01-03T22:13:00.003-05:002018-01-03T22:13:50.738-05:00the sweetest six (year old)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-8664834879491022912018-01-02T16:15:00.003-05:002018-01-02T16:19:49.658-05:00Welcome 2018Yeah, it's been a bit quiet here for...<i>well</i>...months.<br />
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Life is full, and good, and I am in such a sweet sweet spot as I welcome 2018.<br />
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My cup truly overflows.<br />
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There is no way I can even think about catching up with what I missed "documenting" here for that last bit of 2017...but I can move forward with new resolve to keep up with 2018. I love the creative process this blog brings me and I just can't bear to give it up, even if it is sporadic during seasons.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was the coldest New Years day I can ever remember. And yet, it's tradition to go on a hike. We layered up (and layered up) and braved the 14 degree temps and ventured out onto a section of the Appalachian Trail near us. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is something so beautiful in the winter landscape. <br />
And there is something quietly profound in giving your family a "view" of the amazing Creator we follow, <br />
as we walk into a New Year together.</td></tr>
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I love a new year, a new beginning. A friend of mine put it beautifully:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>We are all drawn to beginning because something has been planted in our hearts from the beginning, that makes us long for the way things were in the actual beginning. (Becky Swann)</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's to the new beginning of 2018 and all that it holds.</span></span>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-89558686370135548902017-09-11T07:59:00.001-04:002017-09-11T08:06:52.044-04:00Zambia, photo teaserThank you Jet Lag, for the 4am start to my day. What might have taken me <strike>months</strike> weeks to comb thru all got accomplished before the sun (and my children) even woke up.<br />
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We are home after an amazing 2 weeks in Zambia. As always, the Lord was faithful and our time was fruitful. More of the nitty grits (as they like to say over there) to come, but for this morning, just a few photo teasers of our time...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nope, not Zambia. We made use of our 12 hour layover in London and did some exploring. Buckingham Palace was quite impressive, but I found this ice-cream truck considerably more endearing.</td></tr>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-7478337432924536192017-08-25T18:16:00.002-04:002017-08-25T18:20:38.882-04:00Zambia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In just two days Jeremiah and I, along with two other friends (Rick Via and Katie Hedrick) leave for Livingstone, Zambia. We had planned on traveling with Jeremiah's parents as well, but Jim decided to go and mess everything up and have a heart attack...and, well...now he is instead recovering in Florida. (Love you Jim!)</div>
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And while we are very sad not to be joined by them...we <i>are</i> very excited for this opportunity to partner with long term missionary friends Ken and Karen Buckner and <b><i>Come Go With Us Ministry.</i></b></div>
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Ken and Karen live in Livingstone, but their main ministry focus is in the surrounding countryside, or, in the bush, as they call it. We will be traveling several hours out of the city and camping out in a local village (insert gleeful excitement from Jeremiah and a what-was-I-thinking shake of my head from myself) for the majority of the trip.<br />
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This ain't Haiti, as I've been told to pack long sleeves and a jacket for the cold nights. Say what?!<br />
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And while most of the world is just now starting up their school schedules, Monarch Way Academy is on break thru September! We follow a year round schedule and just finished up our first 8 week block. The kiddo's will be partying at my mom's while we are gone. Prayers appreciated for the Zooble as she's been fighting a really random virus this week and it makes this Momma's heart really anxious (just being real) to think of leaving her not feeling good.<br />
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Thank you for your prayers and friendship and support. Can't wait to update!<br />
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326205571065720447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990629602811921908.post-31147321718966925862017-08-16T22:07:00.003-04:002017-08-16T22:07:38.740-04:00Photojournal: Pony PartyAt first she wanted a cat party.<br />
Then a horse party.<br />
Then an owl party.<br />
Then she cried because she couldn't decide.<br />
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And then I cried, because I really<strike> hate</strike> don't like doing birthday parties.<br />
But, then I realized, she has never had a real party and really wanted a real party...and, well, she is my baby.<br />
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Therefore, I told her I was going to "surprise" her with a party and she only needed to get excited for all the fun she was going to have.<br />
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And, in true Zooble form, her face hides nothing and you will see that she really did have the time of her six year old life. And, if truth be told, I had the time of my 36 year old life watching her enjoy her day so much.<br />
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But next year, we will go to the Zoo.<br />
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All photo cred goes to Kelly Via, who graciously said yes when I<strike> forced</strike> placed the camera into her arms.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicG-VFprQejBr6xTCCBpszfGTCE2rbV-zVXh-Ji8EbuZYsbzzDfwZHa8M9h0iaN3Vt0dwlEylypeQpFe_A28ZG4LI5HTmd1GOIqqMJ-UDLYXDXdkXH27otWFxI172LIuab8ZZj6u3CRs0/s1600/zoebday12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1600" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicG-VFprQejBr6xTCCBpszfGTCE2rbV-zVXh-Ji8EbuZYsbzzDfwZHa8M9h0iaN3Vt0dwlEylypeQpFe_A28ZG4LI5HTmd1GOIqqMJ-UDLYXDXdkXH27otWFxI172LIuab8ZZj6u3CRs0/s640/zoebday12.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I mean, really...this is the BEST face!</td></tr>
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