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My Heart's Desire
lynishiskid.blogspot.com
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"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your strength." Deuteronomy 5:6
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Road Trip

Have you been wondering where Ive been?  Most friends and family know my son and I took a little "road trip", and Im happy to say we made it to our destination with few to no problems. A...

4 days ago

Who is she? Shes my mom!

{Photo credit} Not looking up from the product Id just taken off a shelf I call out, "Mom!" Theres no response. I look over, shes farther down the aisle.  I call again louder, "Mom!&...

12 may 12

Five minute Friday ~ Real

Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worrying if they’re just right or not. So we take five minutes on...

04 may 12

The Mom Pledge: prompt #3

3. "I will welcome differing opinions when offered in a respectful, non-judgmental manner. And will treat those who do so in kind."  How do you react when someone disagrees with your poi...

30 apr 12

Stand firm, be courageous

Join Ginger, be courageous! Its not easy.  Im an imperfect, perfectionist writing because I love it, sharing my life because God has been so good to me, and joining others because they have bles...

30 apr 12

Five Minute Friday: Community

Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worrying if they’re just right or not. So we take five minutes on...

27 apr 12

Growing up

Can you truthfully say youve never felt the need for someone stronger than yourself on whom to lean, for someone wiser than yourself from whom to learn, someone to comfort you in sorrow, to soothe yo...

24 apr 12

Violence and desensitization

My son isnt very helpful when it comes to purging and organizing.  So, to keep him busy (and out of my hair) while I get ready for another uprooting, after school work is done Ive allowed him to...

21 apr 12

Five Minute Friday: Together

Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worrying if they’re just right or not. So we take five minutes on...

20 apr 12

Making up for no linen closet

Guest post written by Tabatha King I really hate that our home didnt come with a linen closet. I think its something that we could definitely use. I think that all homes could really use them. So Ive...

17 apr 12

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken

"Two are better than one,    because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down,    one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls &...

12 apr 12

Contentment

Would this make you content? Waking up daily to sandy beaches of some tropical island.  Watching sunsets in front of a campfire every night, free from the cares and worries of life in a city, or...

29 mar 12

Review coming soon

Ive been invited to try Time4Learning for one month in exchange for a candid review. My opinion will be entirely my own, so be sure to come back and read about my experience.  Time4Learning can ...

23 mar 12

The Mom Pledge ~ prompt #2

2. "There is no one, "right" way to be a good Mom. Each woman makes the choices best for her family." Is this difficult or easy for you to accept? Why? Has taking The Mom Pledge chang...

22 mar 12

Five minute Friday ~ Brave

Write for five minutes flat on Fridays.  We finger paint with words. We try to remember what it was like to just write without worrying if it’s just right or not. Go! Brave When I began blogging...

16 mar 12

Math Game Day Friday

Does your child hate worksheets as much as mine? My son groans and grumbles, takes an inordinate amount of time to complete them, and has shed numerous tears over them.  It only took me a year a...

10 mar 12

Five Minute Friday

Empty You know youre in trouble when you start a thought, an action, or an article {or two, or three} and you cant complete any of it. My brain is empty, my heart is empty.  I lack the motivatio...

09 mar 12

Giving our house a pre-spring facelift

Guest post written by Annie Gilden Im a huge collector of interior and exterior design magazines. Theyre my favorite kind of magazines and Im always dog-earing pages of magazines for projects that I ...

09 mar 12

FDA approved and fed to school children

"Pink Slime", another reason to know exactly whats in your food.  Shame on our government for approving this.Sign the Our Change.org petition to stop this.

09 mar 12

Do you choose to be a marble or a grape?

Every church has them.  The ladies who show up early every Sunday to prepare the communion cups and plates, the men and boys who usher the elderly to their seats, and those who collect the offer...

08 mar 12

Its Back! Here are two more Shining Blogs

I seem to have a bit of writers block, or the circumstances of my life are weighing too heavily on my shoulders.  Either way I felt it was about time to stop focusing on my problems and start re...

07 mar 12

I will not be shaken!

"Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken."  Psalms 62:2 If I keep saying this and keep praying this maybe my brain will accept it as fact.  O...

07 mar 12

Chat with Crayola about your childs creativity

Crayola wants every child to be creatively alive, so they´re inviting parents "Inside the Crayon Box," for a special live chat with celebrities and trusted parenting experts that will inspire...

03 mar 12

Joining Five Minute Fridays

On Fridays, we gather at the gypsy mama to write.  We write for five minutes flat on one shared topic.  We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worryi...

02 mar 12

The Quest for Character continues...

My sister was visiting from out of town.  At the time I was living with my mother, caring for her, and my sisters visit was a much needed reprieve from the full responsibilities of her care.&nbs...

23 feb 12

New Design for Living Waters

LeAnn at Living Waters won a blog redesign, and I am thrilled to unveil her new look. Here is the before: And here is her new header. Go over and check it out for yourself.  Heres her new button.

21 feb 12

The Mom Pledge

Want to take the pledge?  Click here. 1. "I am a proud Mommy Blogger. I will conduct myself with integrity in all my blogging activities. I can lead by example." What does integrity mean...

19 feb 12

One step forward, two steps back...

"Its 3 am and Ive been sitting in front of this computer wondering what Im doing still awake.  I spent a couple of hours studying, another hour or two writing an article for one site while t...

18 feb 12

Happy Valentines Day!

 "If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all k...

14 feb 12

Adapting or falling behind?

Last weekend my son and I worked very hard to organize and rearrange our living/school room.  On Monday I was ready for school.  Everything was neat and had a place of its own, what could b...

11 feb 12

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