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Faith, Grace & Chaos: A Prayer as the Circle Remains Unbroken: “Laundry, Lists & Letting Go”
⭐❤️As we move through Monday I wanted to share another post for Faith, Grace & Chaos: A Prayer as the Circle Remains Unbroken Because This Is My Circus and These Are My Monkies and today is “Laundry, Lists & Letting Go” By 10 AM, in my home the house has shifted into its second wind — I like to call 10am the “reset hour.” The breakfast dishes are rinsed or are they, the bills are stacked, and the laundry basket is overflowing like it’s trying to win an award for “Most Dramatic Monday Prop.” Even though laundry is Sunday because David is off and can take them to the laundry mat for me. I stand here with my cold coffee…
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When Throwback Thursday Goes Off the Rails: A Real-Life Look at Chaos, Kids, and Grace
Having kids of any age can make you want to run from the room screaming but teens can be ten times more. Stay up all night sleep all day even when they know there is jobs to be done. Which is what happened beginning on Tuesday night when David had a new Honey-Do job to do. Charlie was on his game and didn’t want to go even though its his and his dads company. I throw on clothes and my shoes and socks and out the door we go. On Wednesday David gets up early to take C to his drivers ed appointment. They get home and because the appointment…
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Mile Make Grace: Nite Letter March 31, 2026
The house is finally quiet, or at least as quiet as this house ever gets. The dogs have done their last round of barking at absolutely nothing or have they. C is in his room, headset off, lights low, the kind of tired that only comes from working, teaching, streaming, and being eighteen in a world that demands too much from him. Wondering if B is going to show up here to sleep. Gerald is stretched out in the living room, the TV humming in the background like a lullaby for grown men who sleep to the sound of gunfire. David is asleep in bed because he has to be…
Living a simple lifestyle from the front porch
