Where Did YOU Go?

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So the kind folks at the Beaty Chevrolet asked the cars that were to be worked on ahead of us if they would mind if they put theirs aside and worked on ours.  Seriously, who does that? I guess that some of the kindest folks appear to live in Eastern Tennessee. Late yesterday the car…

They’re Everywhere!

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Seriously, they’re everywhere!  And what a beautiful bunch of people they are. Yesterday I received a message from Stacie {whose mom, Gigi, we had had lunch  with at Cracker Barrel}.  Stacie had been unable to come to lunch and  considered our car troubles her hidden blessing as she wanted to see our  littlest miracle in…

Three Strikes

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We have had a really wonderful time road tripping across America.  So far, it’s been over 4,000 miles. Sweet moments at Dw’s childhood home. A beautiful time with Liberty’s birth family. A day at Virginia Beach frolicking in the water.  {Is there a sillier word than ‘frolicking’?  It just kind of makes me giggle.} Hanging…

The Night Shift

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Recently I was having a discussion with one of our kids.  They were deeply troubled {as was I} about a very serious situation happening to someone we all deeply love.  We actually both were crying.  In the midst of our talking, I tried to reassure them that the Lord was faithful.  He could be trusted…

The Power of Healing

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For those who have been hanging around our Place Called Simplicity for  any length of time you will understand the importance of this post. Yesterday the kids, Dw and I drove to Buffalo to show the younger  ones my old stomping grounds.  We stopped and visited old friends  we had not seen in a dozen…

Ruby Loved It All

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 The Ruby-girlfriend love, love, loved celebrating Emmy’s birthday…. She loved when Elizabeth and Liberty were rockin’ the jumps off the cement tables… Ruby loved the sound of the waterfalls …and eating our breakfast we had made in the exact spot we have done our annual breakfast in Letchworth State park for 36 years now… {Different…

Emma Joy

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Yesterday was a really special day for our family as we celebrated Emma’s 19th birthday. Last year on July 22nd Karl lay in a coma and we did not know what the outcome would be. It was a very difficult day to celebrate her 18th birthday. {Picture taken in Uganda when Emma and I were…