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Stranger on a Red Bicycle

Many people have heard this story before, but I love sharing it and I am so glad that Charisma just did as well. http://www.charismamag.com/spirit/spiritual-growth/33094-what-a-stranger-on-a-red-bicycle-can-teach-us-about-god-s-miraculous-provision Remember God has awesome plans for your life.  Get excited! Smiles,    Anna

Sowing Love, Reaping Love

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            Anyone who has ever parented more than one child has to understand the idea of feeling like a continual referee between the children.  My super fabulous awesome girls are no different.  Before having my second daughter I thought that the sibling issues wouldn’t start until they reached a certain age, but that wasn’t the case.  I think they started in our home the moment we brought our second child home from the hospital.  Honestly I can’t say it’s all one or the other.  The two of them bounce off of each other.             Perhaps the two of them have gotten worse over the last few months, or perhaps it’s just the fact that its summer vacation and I need to encourage them to take these two months to learn a foreign language, train for a marathon, or swim the English Channel.  However, recently the two of them have been at each oth...

The Hatfield's and The McCoy's

      A few years ago I began mulling the idea about writing a book regarding the infamous feud between the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s in the 1800’s.   After mentioning this to my parents, they told me that a new miniseries had been filmed about the feud and suggested I watch it.   Truthfully I’d forgotten about the whole thing.   Other projects have come and gone, and the verdict is still out if I’ll ever write a book on the subject.   However when I saw that Netflix had the miniseries starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton the historian-junkie-curiosity in me was piqued.   I again will add here how much I love what I do.   Part historian, part writer, part minister, yes, God knew what he was doing when he called me to this field.      As I took the last few days to watch this miniseries, that is very violent and has some language in it, I was so saddened at this story.   I will confess to yelling at the TV ...