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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 1w ago

slow and steady!

We did a huge driving day yesterday from Salina, Ks to Chesterfield, MO. Well, maybe not that huge, but it sure felt that way by the end of the day! The car is doing great pulling the trailer now! We are only driving about 60 so we don’t heat up too much, but we haven’t [...]
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 1W ago

Happy Mother’s Day

Ever met someone who got a second chance and embraced it fully? Someone who built beauty out of rubble? Someone who’s courage and determination are inspiring? Someone who walks the mountains of life with you? Someone who’s just plain fun to have in your days? I have! Happy Mother’s...
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 1W ago

Matt the Grease Monkey!

WOW! Looks like we’ll be back on the road tomorrow! Matt and our friend Ted took the car to a mechanic today and after looking at it, he figured it might have been a combination of new transmission fluid and heat changes from towing the trailer that was causing trouble with the computer system...
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 1W ago

Woah…That doesn’t sound good!

Yesterday we left the Howard house.  All week, we’d been packing boxes into a blue taped rectangle in the garage-the size of the trailer.  Thursday was the moment of truth when Matt (I have never met a better packer) was able to pack not only the things we had planned to take, but also a [...]
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 2W ago

I forgot to tell you…

Does it come as a surprise we are surrounded by boxes once again??   I was thinking the other day about the ways our family has learned to adjust to each new change. It is nothing special about us, just how we’ve learned to survive! Elijah knows that we are moving soon, so he packed [...]
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 1M ago

One lone suitcase!

Our lives have had the makings of a movie lately with all the moves and changes and crossroads we find ourselves at. But, I never ever imagined that it would resemble a reality TV show!! Picked our kids up last Friday after two weeks separation from them. We had a whopping 48 hours of unpacking [......
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 2M ago

D-day

It’s been a heavy couple of days for me.  It was such an emotional week last week, lots of highs and really exciting God moments.  But, every roller coaster once it hits the top of the hill, always comes down!  More moves, more goodbyes, time spent grieving with others and the gnawing desires of my ...
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 2M ago

Handprints

If you were to get down to little people level in our house, you’d probably see handprints.  Handprints on the windows where we’ve been watching something fun outside.  Handprints on the table where we’ve been doing crafts.  Handprints on the bathtub where we’ve washed off the fun of the day.  Handp...
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 2M ago

I’d be a lion

Something is in the air these days. I was so hoping it was spring…(but I’ve heard tonight that there is snow in the air). Perhaps for some it is March Madness…(can’t say I ever got into that when it always seemed to interfere with hockey season). I know, I know, love is always in the [...]
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A Little Elbow Grease...Updates · 2M ago

Let yourself be loved

As we finish up the month of Love I want to share something from an incredible book I just finished reading called  Truefaced (Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, and John Lynch). p.90: “The degree to which I let you love me is the degree to which you can love me, no matter how much love you [...]
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