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Gran

Gran passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 85. In some ways, it still doesn’t seem real. I guess you’re not supposed to have a favorite grandparent, but she was definitely the grandparent I was closest to out of the four of them. She was my only grandparent to have any sort of […]

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Dadaw

Last Monday was Dadaw’s last day on earth. He had been slowly deteriorating in the nursing home for the last several years of his life, and now he is finally in a place where he is not suffering anymore. So, although it is sad that he’s not with us anymore, I know he is much […]

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Dealing With Difficulty

Travis preached his first sermon at church Sunday night, and I thought he did a great job! He talked about his experience running the marathon back in April and compared that to the race we run as Christians. One of his main points was about dealing with difficulty. When you run a marathon, you’re bound […]

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4.27 until now

Disclaimer: One of the main reasons I write in this blog is to help me sort through my thoughts and emotions and to help me remember past events in my life “in the moment”. This is going to be extremely long, may be unorganized and seem like rambling, and will be difficult to write and […]

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Lessons of Life from Paint, Mud, and Sandpaper

Last weekend started off a bit rough. All of the rooms in our house were painted, and it was time to paint the closets. Except that I didn’t want to paint the closets. In fact, I didn’t want to do anything except move all of our stuff in and stuff the closets so full that […]