Hello, Friends! I am officially on summer break and am thrilled to not be starting my days to the sound of the alarm clock going off. I think that, whether or not they care to admit it, most teachers enjoy being out of school for the summer even more than their students do. While I …
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Book Review: A Dance in Donegal
Jennifer Deibel tells the story of a young woman named Moira Doherty in the Christian fiction novel A Dance in Donegal. Moira, seeking to fulfill her mother’s deathbed wish, leaves her home in Boston and travels alone to her mother’s homeland in Donegal, Ireland, to teach at the school in the village of Ballymann. Moira …
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Time
When I was growing up, my mom would say that time would pass more quickly as I grew older. She was telling the truth. It’s sometimes hard for me to believe that 2021 is here. So much has changed in our world and in my family in just the last year. The more things change, …
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I’m So Excited To Be On Thanksgiving Break
I am on Thanksgiving break this week, and I am so excited about it! For those of you who don’t know, I am a high school teacher at a small Christian school located deep in the hills. We have alternated between in-person and virtual learning since August, and, let me tell you, remote teaching during …
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Book Review: The Love Note
It is getting harder and harder to find quality Christian fiction books! So many of them have the same themes, and very few are well-written enough to keep my interest. The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano has a unique story line that captured my attention and held it until the final page. In The …
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The Key to Having a Good Attitude
There are days when I fail to have a good attitude, especially when I am frustrated with my circumstances or when things don’t go my way. Psalm 119:14 is such a convicting verse. The words that I say and the situations heart and mind focus on need to please Christ. When I remind myself of …
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Book Review: Something Worth Doing
In the mid-1800s, women in America were facing many of the same challenges that women are still facing today. Jane Kirkpatrick examines these challenges in her Christian fiction novel Something Worth Doing. Based on real-life suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway, Kirkpatrick tells the story of a young woman who settles in Oregon Territory with her family …
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An Appalachian Summer Book Review
An Appalachian Summer by Ann H. Gabhart is Christian historical fiction novel set in Depression-era 1933. The main character is Piper Danson, a debutante from an affluent family who is making her way into society. The Danson family acquired their wealth in the banking industry. They have weathered the stock market crash of 1929, thanks …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Powerlines
I wonder -if wooden power poles had feelings- how this poor pole feels about having so many powerlines attached to it. It might feel overwhelmed or confused. Perhaps it feels forsaken. Maybe it feels like it’s being pulled in too many directions. It stands alone, with nothing to support it. In order to keep from …
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Stay
This post is part of the weekly Five Minute Friday link-up. This week’s prompt is STAY. I had to stay away from television news and social media this week. The images on the screen were like something out of a horrible movie. My heart is grieved over the state of our nation. There are so many …
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