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    A Place of Refuge
    durendalee
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Place of Refuge

    I happened to get an earlier start on my walk than usual the other day. The sun was beginning to break through a thick fog and all of the...
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    A Little Boy and His Mama
    durendalee
    • Feb 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Little Boy and His Mama

    Dear Sweet Mom at the Consignment Shop, I noticed you with your camo leggings and high heels.  Actually, that’s the last thing I noticed...
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    How Will They Know Unless We Tell Them?
    durendalee
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    How Will They Know Unless We Tell Them?

    How will our children know that God is good unless we tell them…unless they see it walked out in front of them? If they mostly see...
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    Fear: Every Woman’s Battle
    durendalee
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 2 min

    Fear: Every Woman’s Battle

    FEAR. It’s every woman’s battle. It’s every mom’s battle and certainly every homeschool mom’s battle. We worry about our kids, their...
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    Your Kids Don’t Want Wonder Woman…They Want YOU!
    durendalee
    • Oct 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Your Kids Don’t Want Wonder Woman…They Want YOU!

    It’s a question I’ve been asked a million times and my answer is always, “I don’t.” It’s the truth. I may have eight kids, I may...
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    First We Have Coffee
    durendalee
    • Oct 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    First We Have Coffee

    I love coffee…dark and strong with a little heavy cream and light sweetener. I’m not addicted to the caffeine (well, maybe a little), I...
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    Life After Homeschooling: He is Enough
    durendalee
    • Jan 1, 2019
    • 4 min

    Life After Homeschooling: He is Enough

    I heard a voice in our home recently that I didn’t recognize.  Then I realized that it was our 14 year old. His voice just changed from a...
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    Life After Homeschooling: Learning to Rest in Messiness
    durendalee
    • Aug 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    Life After Homeschooling: Learning to Rest in Messiness

    This week I had to apologize to one of our adult children. I had used mom guilt in order to be heard. I didn’t recognize it in the moment...
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    Life After Homeschooling: What Now?
    durendalee
    • Jul 31, 2018
    • 4 min

    Life After Homeschooling: What Now?

    “Our way of being -in-the-world works its way into us through ritual and repetition. James K.A. Smith explains that a particular view of...
    20 views0 comments
    Everyday Grief
    durendalee
    • May 15, 2018
    • 4 min

    Everyday Grief

    I held my husband’s hand as we walked to our church across the street. There was a break in the thunderstorm that had been threatening...
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    The Comparison Trap
    durendalee
    • Feb 15, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Comparison Trap

    THE COMPARISON TRAP Galatians 6:4,5 “Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done,...
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    Treasured Redemption
    durendalee
    • Dec 7, 2017
    • 3 min

    Treasured Redemption

    It wasn’t until I became a mom, that the reference to Mary at the Nativity scene really stood out to me. Motherhood changes our lives...
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    Protecting Our Kids From Media
    durendalee
    • Oct 16, 2017
    • 1 min

    Protecting Our Kids From Media

    Moms, we are the ones our kids will look to the most to find out if God is really good. We spend the largest amount of time with them...
    33 views0 comments
    Hope for the Imperfect Homeschool Mom
    durendalee
    • Oct 5, 2017
    • 3 min

    Hope for the Imperfect Homeschool Mom

    Every mom struggles with whether or not she is doing right by her children.  We are bombarded with countless voices telling us how to...
    18 views0 comments
    When The Waves Won’t Seem to Stop
    durendalee
    • Sep 21, 2017
    • 2 min

    When The Waves Won’t Seem to Stop

    I was talking to a friend awhile back about how busy our lives seemed to be. I don’t know how it ramps up to warp speed so easily, but I...
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    Parenting Young Adults Through Church Choices
    durendalee
    • Aug 31, 2017
    • 6 min

    Parenting Young Adults Through Church Choices

    It’s all fun and games until you realize that there truly is a generation gap between you and your children. Our kids are mostly adults...
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    Mommy Martyrdom
    durendalee
    • Jul 28, 2017
    • 1 min

    Mommy Martyrdom

    Motherhood will bring you to your knees and often face down before the Lord.  In my 26 years of parenting, I have found myself at the end...
    12 views0 comments
    How to Raise Our Kids in the Faith
    durendalee
    • Jul 20, 2017
    • 1 min

    How to Raise Our Kids in the Faith

    There are so many kids who have been raised in Christian homes that are abandoning the faith!  The thought of it can bring fear and...
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    Homeschooling: Am I Doing Enough?
    durendalee
    • Jul 18, 2017
    • 1 min

    Homeschooling: Am I Doing Enough?

    EVERY homeschooling mom seems to be constantly haunted by the thought that she isn’t doing enough…that her kids might not be prepared for...
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    Dealing With Sibling Conflict/Part 2 (Sibling Series Episode 4)
    durendalee
    • Jul 13, 2017
    • 3 min

    Dealing With Sibling Conflict/Part 2 (Sibling Series Episode 4)

    (The video version of this post is at the bottom, if you would rather listen than read!) This video is packed with scriptures regarding...
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