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  • Recipes

    Healthy Potato Salad with a Finnish Twist

    Today I am making some potato salad for dinner. I read an interesting article that listed the health benefits available in potatoes and rice which are cooked and then cooled. According to the article: The process of cooking and then cooling potatoes and rice leads to the formation of resistant…

  • Faith

    Blessed by People of Faith

    Today I am joining Five Minute Friday, writing on the prompt: connect. In December my husband and I  traveled  to Philadelphia  where  we   connected with the history of our country. We saw the Liberty Bell. We walked through Independence Hall where the founding fathers wrestled with the formation of a…

  • Faith

    Attentive is my Word for 2017

    Instead of a New Year resolution, I have found it beneficial to choose a word to focus on. It is a spiritual practice for me. Attentive is my word for 2017. The dictionary gives this meaning: heedful, observant, paying attention. The events taking place in the world can be fearful.…

  • Christmas - Faith

    Merry Christmas!

    Here is a portion of the Christmas letter that I wrote on December 4th and sent out with our cards: The homes in our neighborhood are decorated for Christmas, and today we had our first snowfall. The trees sparkle with white icing. At church we sang Christmas carols and wrote…

  • Faith - Family

    Grace in a Winter Storm

    The winter storm in Michigan was brutal. I had left early in the morning hoping to get to my mother’s nursing home before it became too bad—but it was already bad. In some places I couldn’t see the road and just followed tire tracks in the snow. I hit a…

  • Childbirth - Faith

    Reading, Waiting and Listening

    Take time. Give God time to reveal Himself to you. Give yourself time to be silent and quiet before Him, waiting to receive through the Spirit the assurance of His presence with you, His power working in you. Take time to read His Word as in His presence; that from…

  • Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Speaking Up About Vaccine Safety

    The CDC is asking for comments on Vaccine Information for the MMR and MMRV. I responded with my observations.  This vaccine impacted the health of my twins when they were toddlers. It is my hope that our health system will listen to the concerns that parents and teachers have raised…