Recently we have started having door knob problems. Specifically, the bathroom door knob likes to fall apart. I go to open the door and end up with half the knob in my hand and the other half on the other side of the door. Yesterday Noah tried to open the door. He turned the knob, [...]
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Posted in Quotes, Raquel on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
This is the first part of East to West, by Casting Crowns. The rest of the lyrics are here.
Here I am, Lord, and I’m drowning in your sea of forgetfulness
The chains of yesterday surround me
I yearn for peace and rest
I don’t want to end up where You found me
And it echoes in my mind, keeps [...]
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 So, there’s this game called Blue Moon. The oversimplification of the rules goes like this: You play cards, trying to beat the number of the last card played by your opponents. (There are various things you can do to boost those numbers, but this is the oversimplification, remember?) You continue until one person retreats, and [...]
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 The funeral happened at the small country church that Grandma and Grandpa attended. (Historical note: This happens to be the same church where my parents got married.) It was crowded enough that they put up folding chairs in the back, a few people were standing in the back without a seat, and the only seat [...]
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not another gray day
not today
when the sky’s so blue
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 Coming back to my grandparent’s house this time I particularly noticed certain ‘historical’ items. I’d already explained some of them to Gabrielle when she visited with us a few months ago. I told her that the back bedroom was always where the older cousins stayed when they worked on the farm, which particular room was [...]
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So here I am, the non-musical jargon person, writing another album review. The David Crowder*Band’s new album came out on September 24th and Seth was right there to buy it. I must say it isn’t as artistically put together as the previous album, but the lyrics and music are as good as ever.
The album [...]
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