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Walking Grandpa Home

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Shelby| 4 Comments
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In memory of my beloved Grandfather this Memorial Day...  Little did I know it would be my last visit with my beloved Grandpa.  The Lord has lavished the riches of His Grace on me countless times throughout my life, but this was an unexpected measure of His majesty.  On this day, July 16, 2008, God methodically orchestrated my presence at Grandpa’s bedside as he took his final breath.  It was a deliberate effort on God’s part and a defining moment in my spiritual awareness of God’s Read more...

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The Spirit of 16

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Shelby| 1 Comment
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"Congratulations, you have a little boy!" Those words spoken by my doctor  hung sweetly in the air sixteen years ago on this 7th day of January.  My husband and I were celebrating the birth of our first child, my son Johnny.  Today he is sixteen years old and I contemplate in awe and wonder at all that has taken place since he first lay in my arms.  I can still feel the same joy and warmth that overwhelmed my senses as I looked into his beautiful eyes for the first time.  They were wide open Read more...

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