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Here’s to the Strict Parents - by Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer
Deliberations – by Lisa at Lisa Writes
The Shy Kennedy - The Daily Beast
Arnold’s Debt To Eunice - Joe Mathews
Holding Back? - Jodi Heckel
Golden Books Are A Golden Legacy - Kathryn Cates Moore
Cancer, my parents and my doubts about God - Kelly Corrigan
Mourning the Death of Handwriting - Claire Suddath
TO: TFOH Readers (if there are any left)
FROM: Rachel Langston (TFOH Writer)
RE: Changes to TFOH
To be honest, I didn't intend to take a summer long break from blogging.
It just worked out that way.While I wasn't blogging, though, I was
thinking about blogging and I decided to make some changes.
I hope they will streamline the blog and the information you find
here. I am confident that they will make writing it a little more
straightforward for me.
If you would, please let me know what you think. Not just about
what I write but the format that I use to share it with you.
If the changes don't translate to a better experience for you,
I need to keep thinking until I come up with something that will!
Here are some changes you'll notice:
1) More posts - I am aiming to post SOMETHING every day.
It may take me a few weeks to work up to that but it's my goal.
2) Daily Themes - My mind works better with a specific focus.
So, I have decided on a different focus for each day of the week.
The posts for each day will follow that theme. These are the themes
I will start with.
MONDAY MEMO
TUESDAY TASK
WEDNESDAY WORSHIP, WEDNESDAY WRITING or WEDNESDAY WONDERINGS
THURSDAY THOUGHTS
FRIDAY FINANCES or FRIDAY FREE-FOR-ALL
SATURDAY SHOWCASE
SUNDAY REST
3) More outbound links - Much of the enjoyment I get from blogging
(and the Internet in general) comes from finding and reading other
blogs. As I find things that appeal to me, I plan to share them
with you!
If you like what you read here, please let me know and share
the link with someone else that may enjoy it! If you don't,
please let me know your ideas about how I might improve the
site.
Thanks,
Rachel
NOTE: I can’t take credit for writing this. Actually, I don’t know who wrote it but a friend of mine sent it to me and I couldn’t imagine not sharing it.
“Here we are again, Lord.
Their backpacks are loaded and their faces are scrubbed and their lunch accounts are full.
And I know you’ll walk with them, Lord. You always do. But a Mom still has to ask.
Will You walk with them?
Will You whisper to them what they need to hear, when I’m not there to whisper it?
Will You please, oh please, cover their school with the protection only You can give and will You keep harm far away?
Will You make their minds strong and ready to learn?
Will You help them understand that hard work honors the One who created them?
Will You guide their teachers, giving them patience and wisdom and creativity and more patience?
Will You bless them for their efforts?
Will You love all those children there…the ones whose lunch accounts aren’t full; the ones who feel alone?
Will You teach my children to be kind and unselfish and to love those who are different from them?
Will You point them back toward home just as soon as You can?
Lord, I give them to you today and everyday, trusting them to your care.
Amen.”
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