roses

Tracy / August 31, 2013

Joshua brought me roses this week… Yes, I love my boys.  Yes, they are so good to me. Folks gawk when I tell them how many children I have…they see a number.  They don’t see the innumerable blessings.  Hugs, kisses, hearing “I love you” all day, watching them play, hearing them sing, having them write me little notes, and having…

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alabama sunsets

Tracy / August 30, 2013

I think they are the most beautiful anywhere. Psalm 19:1-4 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the…

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house updates

Tracy / August 29, 2013

We’ve made a little more progress on the house this week. Baby steps…baby steps…baby steps… This week, we are hoping to have the rest of the basement poured. The siding on the third side of our home will have to wait until the mason is finished. I look at the yard and wonder when it will every be debris-free. I…

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today

Tracy / August 28, 2013

There are very few moments in life that take my breath. I’m not talking in that exciting, kind of blissful way. This is a ‘I feel like I’m going to be sick. I can’t breathe. I want to scream at the top of my lungs, but I can only weep’ kind of way. The moments following Mama’s surgery, hearing her…

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beauty day

Tracy / August 28, 2013

We’ve been visiting Grandmother a couple of times each week. I work on her nails every couple of weeks. On visits when I’m not doing her nails, I’ll roll and spray her hair. A few visits ago, I trimmed it a bit. She seems to enjoy being pampered, and we enjoying visiting with her. This last week, we treated her…

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legos

Tracy / August 27, 2013

A quiet afternoon, little boys and LEGOS…

thrifted finds

Tracy / August 26, 2013

I LOVE finding a good deal! This little kitchen set was $14.00. Everything worked. It had all of it’s pieces with the exception of some little baskets. It’s been played with *each and every* day since it was purchased. I love the thrift store!

darby

Tracy / August 26, 2013

treasured baby girl…

one thousand gifts

Tracy / August 26, 2013

128. boys that love their mama 129. the smell from the kitchen when Courtney is at work 130. jacob’s smile 131. little girls giggling in the evening 131. beautiful greens just after the ferns are watered 132. benjamin’s critters 133. dirty laundry reminding me of those that live here

family heirlooms

Tracy / August 25, 2013

My friend Sheryl, wrote such a sweet post on her mother’s Bible. I asked her if I might share it will all of you. It’s had me thinking about my own Bible. As a little girl, I remember seeing my Great-Grandmother’s Bible on her chest of drawers. It was well-worn. I can remember flipping through the pages to see little…

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jackson’s 1st birthday

Tracy / August 25, 2013

It was a bittersweet day. My little baby, turning 1 year old this week. My mama, was missing from our celebration. We celebrated as we have with all of our other children. So many years ago, she bought this panda bear cake pan. I think she may have first made it for one of my cousins, but we also have…

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one thousand gifts

Tracy / August 24, 2013

118. a wonderful, amazing day with my grandmother yesterday (I’ll post pictures before the end of this day 119. sweet friends who check on me, realizing this has been a long, excruciating season of pain in my life 120. new life and an eight year old big sister that kisses my tummy each night …already excited for the newest little…

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