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Summer!
Summer means hot days and sticky nights swarming with mosquitoes and whatever else lives out there. For me, it means listening for bees and being nervous about walking outside. It means thunderstorms to break up the humidity and make life a little louder. It means popsicles and swimming pools, ice cream trips, and beach days.…
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Summer is Here!
Did anyone else grow up on the High School Musical movies? All I keep thinking of when I think about writing this post is the beginning of the second movie when everyone in the classroom starts quietly chanting/counting down, “Summer, Summer, Summer” before the bell rings and the whole school bursts into song. Is that…
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Hello, Summer!
I feel like there’s lots of jokes about summer. In Southern states, one may hear, “We have four seasons. Summer, summer, summer, and about two weeks of winter.” In the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies Mountain states, one may hear, “We have four seasons. Winter, winter, winter, and road construction [read, summer].” But people also…
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Spring Is Here
Birds sing, flowers begin to bloom, and the sun seems to shine brighter. Spring is my most favorite season. There are so many symbols of new life and change in spring. A landscape that has been cold, dry, and dead now springs to life — bursting with new textures, colors, and sounds. We use bright…
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What’s Your Favorite Spring Activity?
Spring is here. If you live somewhere with snow, hopefully the snow is melting and new flowers are ready to bloom. I love the visualization that spring gives us about new life after the darkness that winter brought. It is such a great representation of the new life that we have in Christ after being…
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Sunshine and Bluebonnets
I don’t have a particular favorite season. I love how each season brings something that I enjoy. Summer brings lazy summer days and swimming days, fall brings leaves changing colors and cooler weather, and winter bring a warm hearth and hot chocolate. Spring? Spring brings longer periods of sunshine. It brings flowers and warmth. It…
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The Love of Winter
I LOVE Christmas!!! October through December are my favorite months of the year. It’s like a build-up of holidays that lead to this beautiful winter wonderland and the celebration of Jesus’ miraculous birth! In Maryland, it gets cold, but unfortunately, it doesn’t always snow. The town near me looks like it’s right out of a…
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A Sandy, Snowy Winter
Are you a fan of Gilmore Girls? I know a lot of people associate that show with fall, but I usually associate it more with winter. Maybe it’s because I don’t get to have a real winter every year so winter is a more prominent season in my mind. Or maybe it’s because I secretly…
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Come, Winter with Us
What is winter? Is it the crunch of snow underneath your boots as you trekked through the snowy paths? Or is it the aromas of cinnamon, nutmeg, and chocolate all warmed up into the concoction of hot chocolate as you sit next to a crackling red-orange fire. Maybe it is wearing soft, woolen mittens and…