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life courses
i've been thinking a lot this year about designing a year-long course of awesomeness.yesterday, as i was getting ready for church i thought about my high-school and college education. i wish that i...
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the next right thing
(birthday sunrise).i wrote a different post. that just disappeared into the air when my browser unexpectedly closed. ah well.i'll write this one instead.sometimes i want to see it all. this year i've...
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rest and look
shortly after posting, "you are right where you need to be" I had a big revelation.ground-breaking.if i am right where i need to be--i am right where i need to be. as in, i am on the exact right path...
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songs for my children
The following is the second half of a prologue to my story, Crown of Stars. I wrote of a song, but as I wrote I didn't know what song. I found it, only after it was finished this fall. When I...
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can i get a witness?
tim came home and asked if there was something burning.i said, "yes."he asked what.i said, "paper."he paused.i said i was just burning some paper."paper therapy?" he asked."yep."he went about his...
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centering
this morning i had decided i was ready to 'take down jesus.' i was ready to get a tv over the center of our fireplace. i had a long list of reasons why i wanted a tv in this room. and my heart hurt...
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an open letter to my highest self
image by www.caitlinconnolly.com some days we are the same. other days i cannot shed enough of meto become you. yet you are meand i am you. yet i forgetagain and again. i worry.again and again....
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no more tucks
Dear Davis,Last night I came in to 'tuck you.' You told me you didn't need a tuck. I had hoped you had forgotten what you told me the night before. You hadn't. You told me you must be the first...
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pilot
i strapped him in.way in back.he shifted.uncomfortableand irritated.he was used to driving the plane. no,i told him.from here on outIam driving the plane. worry twisted in his straps.restrained,...
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to my daughter
four years ago, when i attended the whole-istic woman class taught by my then-stranger-now-dear-friends amy and julia they planted a seed. perhaps it was good it was that long ago, because it's been...
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unrecorded pictures
every once in a while, i pause and out loud ask if God can take a picture for me--so i can see it later in heaven."this is one." i say, during unexpected perfect moments. sometimes I might squeeze...
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retreat-ing
last monday i happened upon a bit of awesomeness found in social media. a "soulful escape to bali."my heart sung. i sighed with every picture. beautiful fresh foods! fresh flower mandala making!...
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counsel and plagues
The kids and I all sat on the floor around our Passover feast of a rotisseire chicken (lamb was too complicated), radishes (horseradishes were too hot), salty water and spinach (I forgot the...
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Coconut Chocolate Mousse
Recipe by Nam MinerThis is one of my very, very favorite desserts. Nam made these decadent morsels for our Mother's Day Sunday lesson last year. Chocolate Mousse-1- 19oz- can coconut milk-200 gr...
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Black Rice Pudding topped with Coconut Cream Sauce and Mangoes
Recipe shared by Nam Miner Black rice pudding 1 cup black glutinous rice, soaked overnight 11/4 cups water 1/2 cup coconut sugarSweet coconut cream 1 cup coconut milk from the can ¼ cup water...
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No-Knead Crusty Artisan Bread
For my Birthday Celebration. Nam invited a few sisters and served up lunch. True hospitality and such a wonderful way to get to know people.(The bread pictured here is based on the following...
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Banana Bread Recipe
Nam Miner, Kelly Ivie, Manal Hall and me. We have a pretty great gig as a Relief Society Presidency (Manal has since moved). Nam has a passion for cooking, health, and nurturing and loving through...
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Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Chocolate CakeRecipe by Nam Miner 2 cups all-purpose flour1 cup sugar1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder1 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 1/2 cup milk1/2 cup cooking oil2...
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thin places
the alpine pioneer poppy meadows are one of my thin places. my current goal, for myself and my family is to make our home a thin place and teach my children to be in thin places and recognize them....
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reconstruction
four weeks ago we got a phone call from our painter. he was looking for a job, between a few others jobs he had. we didn't have any real estate projects for him, so we debated and decided this was...
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