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Dec 31, 2009

Grace for the New Year

Sometimes we can't see past the hard moments, but when we review the past, we see that grace was there after all, helping us make our way...

A few weeks ago our family spent the weekend watching some old videos from when the kids were little. Back then I had filmed a series of “a day in the life” routines, so that I could capture my little girls on tape and always remember the way it was. I had recorded moments of them singing, playing, laughing, running, and riding bikes. I even caught on tape a bit of naughtiness – some fighting and crying – which is actually cute and funny when you play it back years later. Well, to me it was actually funny right at that time. That’s why I videotaped it.

Those little girls were so precious. They seemed so happy. So did Beth and I...
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Storm Over Field photo by Ann Voskamp. Used with permission. Post by L.L. Barkat.

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