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Different Dream Vlog Series: Something’s Wrong

Different Dream Vlog Series: Something’s Wrong

Hello friends! It's Friday again, which means I am once again reading a devo from A Different Dream for My Child. Today's devotional is Something's Wrong with Your Child, the first one in the diagnosis section. Before you click over to the other website and hit the...

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Chicken and Cilantro-Peanut Pesto Stir Fry

Chicken and Cilantro-Peanut Pesto Stir Fry

This time of year, all our meals revolve around what's in the bag of fresh produce we pick up from our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Last week's bag contained kale, onions, tomatoes, squash, green beans, and some hot peppers. One day, I was so engrossed in...

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Top Ten Reasons Midsummer Is Great for Birthdays

Top Ten Reasons Midsummer Is Great for Birthdays

10.  One of your earliest memories is of the pool party birthday when you turned five. Granted, it was only a kiddie pool with six inches of water in the side yard. But it was great fun. And as the photographs of the event show, you look pretty good in your swimsuit....

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In Heaven Eating Bon Bons by the Pool with Jesus

In Heaven Eating Bon Bons by the Pool with Jesus

For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not...

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Different Dream Vlog Series: Introduction

Different Dream Vlog Series: Introduction

These days, I'm knee deep in writing the rough draft of a contracted book about PTSD in children. As you might guess, writing a book really takes a lot of time! To free up more of the precious commodity, Down the Gravel Road and my other blog, DifferentDream.com, will...

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Dairy Free Peach-Apricot Smoothie

Dairy Free Peach-Apricot Smoothie

I came home from the grocery store a few days ago with two bargain bags of fruit. One was full of peaches, some a bit dinged and on the ripe side, but for the most part perfect for fresh peach pie. The other bag was mostly imperfect apples, which the man of steel...

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