Hmmm. This one is hard for me. As a wife, I can be challenging and impatient, in short, I am a HANDFUL! I love my husband; I think to a degree as with other divorced people, I carry wounds from the first marriage that my husband has to carry with me as I struggle to …
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The “Word”
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. – John 1:1 Jehovah always existed; he has no beginning or end so he was there before creation. The beginning of God’s creation was “the Word”. What or who is “the word”? If you continue reading this …
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Old photos
If you are old enough to remember life before iPhones than you likely remember the early mobile phones, you know the ones you couldn’t text on, or if you did you had to press the 1 button three times if you wanted a letter C. Every time you got a new phone you had to …
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Daughter.
As part of my series “who am I”, one of those things is a daughter. I am not intending to offend or place blame. This post is to help me introspectively look at myself and see the evolution of how I came to be the daughter I am today. I have wonderful parents and I …
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Mother.
It’s good to know yourself…I find myself saying that a lot. Do I know myself? In some ways yes, in many, I honestly don’t think so. I want to get to know me better, so I am going through this exercise. Who am I? As you read this, it is not meant to be in …
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Lemon Meringue Pie
One of my favorite recipes! This is an awesome pie for a hot day. I have taken this to many get togethers and it never disappoints! Unfortunately, I generally use a pre-made pie crust since I struggle with making pie crust…I have a crust recipe that works but I seem to be pie crust challenged. …
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Grandma’s Fried Rice
I’m not really sure where this came from but my mom always called it “Japanese” fried rice. It must be a recipe she picked up when we lived in Okinawa, Japan. I don’t remember this because I was so young but I enjoy the recipe and my growing up my kids liked it so it …
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Her Ladyship’s Meatloaf
This meatloaf recipe is based on the recipe my parents used when I was growing up. People hear “meatloaf” and go ewe! But this meatloaf has never disappointed and I have never had anyone tell me it was undesirable. It has become a comfort food that even now, as adults, my non-vegetarian kids like to …
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Pressure Cooker Beef Stew
The day the stew shown above was made was a good day around Beckmania. On this day our youngest princess came over to the house to spend an afternoon baking and cooking with the Lady of Beckmania. Together they made this wonderful beef stew, an apple crumb pie and the 100% dairy free pecan pie …
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