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An Incredible Compliment


Samantha gave me an incredible compliment the other day.

She told me the following story:

“At Bible Study last night, we were talking about suffering and how difficult it is to Glorify God through it, and then the leader asked us if we had ever been able to do that or if we knew anybody who had been able to.”

“And Mom, I thought of you.” Read more

Spring in Northern Minnesota!


Just a quick post to say LOOK AT THIS SNOW!!!Β  And we’re supposed to get another 3-6 inches today!Β  All I could do this morning is laugh!Β  It’s just so bizarre!

Take a peek at yesterday’s post with this beautiful tree…Prayers, Gabi sees Yoda, and I’m Hibernating!Β  Amazing the difference a day makes…and it’s supposed to be Spring!

We originally planned on heading out on a trip today, but between the weather and our oldest daughter being sick with the flu (we were heading down to see her)…

I think hibernation is in order for today too.

Gabi has already been outside to play – in fact if you look just to the left of my cute little Christmas tree buried under the snow – you’ll see her head sitting behind a snow bank!

Tim’s shoveled and snowblowed and looked like the abominable snowman when he came back in.

And now I think we’ll pull out a puzzle and spend some family time together.

Bring on the hot chocolate!

Patty O

Prayers, Gabi Sees Yoda, and I’m Hibernating…


I was having a hard time deciding what to write about today.

Obviously you can see I decided not to choose, but rather to go with all three subjects.

A serious subject, a fun subject and a couch with your favorite blanket and old movies kind of day subject.

First, in all seriousness… Read more

Prayers for Carena, Prayers for Boston, Prayers for our World


A few days ago I wrote a blog post asking for everyone to Please Pray for Little Miss Carena.

In the days since I wrote the post, this little girl has gotten better, then went downhill, and is now in a holding pattern.Β  She’s one tough little girl but her neck where they took the lymph nodes is infected and they think it might be abcessed.Β  They’re treating her with a couple of different i.v. antibiotics but if they don’t kick it by tomorrow morning, they’ll have to go back in.

Please, please say more prayers for this little one.

And then this afternoon we see the news of the bombings in Boston.Β  At this point there have been two fatalities and over 110 injured.Β  Two bombs exploded while two others were found and taken care of without further injuries.Β  (Added on 4/19:Β  Obviously I made the mistake of watching CNN news.Β  This information later appeared to be false – there were no other bombs found.Β  The fatality rate is now up to 3 with the injuries over 140.) Read more

Please pray for Little Miss Carena…


There is a sweet little girl in the hospital today.

She’s actually been there most of this week with surgery on Wednesday.

She’s had undiagnosed fevers ranging up to 104.4 for months now and this surgery consisted of removing her tonsils and a few lymph nodes. Tests are being run, her i.v. keeps her hydrated, yet the fever continues on. Read more

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