Tag: summer
Posted on July 26, 2022
by Paris Renae
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(For the next few weeks I invite you to go on a road trip with me. Some of them will be uphill, some winding, some smooth – but the final destination is worth the trip.) Done any road trips this summer? We did –… Continue Reading “Road Trip”
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Posted on October 15, 2019
by Paris Renae
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You can learn a lot from a two year old – about being brave, about trying. I’m not one who likes to try new things. I like the routine of life. Sure, a vacation here and there. But don’t talk to me about eating… Continue Reading “Do Everything…”
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Posted on June 5, 2018
by Paris Renae
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Rain, rain, rain – for weeks. The canvas canopy over an outdoor swing was sagging – I pushed up and – whoosh – over the edge cascaded water. It caught the attention of my one year old grandson, but I hadn’t noticed he had walked… Continue Reading “Soaked…”
Category: featuredTags: anxiety, apathy, attention, best, calm, compassion, God, grace, impatience, insight, Jesus, Kindness, laugh, love, praise, prayer, rain, refreshing, smile, soul, summer, swing, time, truth
Posted on August 30, 2016
by Paris Renae
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It’s been a long, hot summer – and not just here, and not just the weather. Here the usual relief of afternoon downpours often haven’t happened. Then there’s the flooding in Louisiana – and we count our blessing of not too much. There’s the… Continue Reading “Have It All…”
Category: featured, UncategorizedTags: aging, blessing, earthquake, famine, flower, grace, harvest, have it all, heart, home, hope, Italy, laugh, life, live, Louisiana, love, nation, pain, pregnant, rain, security, smile, storm, summer, tornado, world, youth
Posted on August 14, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Yesterday mama and papa bird landed outside my window to entertain me for a few minutes. His was bright red with black eyeliner. She was plumper with a brown back and blonde breast – but it was those tail feathers and beak that… Continue Reading “Peace Whispers…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: assurance, beauty, birds, cardinal, control, creation, God, hawk, husband, peace, porch, rain, storm, summer, weather, worry
Posted on August 7, 2015
by Paris Renae
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Summer – this gift tied up with ribbons of life… Creation is never more alive than in the heat and busyness that is summer. Bunnies abound in our grasses right now. Birds chase around comically. All busily eating and putting on winter’s fat… Continue Reading “Summer Ribbons…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: baseball, beach, bugs, calendar, creation, food, fruit, gift, God, Jesus, rain, rainbow, storm, summer, sun, vegetables, weather
Posted on June 19, 2015
by Paris Renae
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My mother always used to say “Anyone can be a father, it takes someone special to be a daddy.” She should know – she was born in the height of the depression to a seventeen year old mom, adopted when she was almost two… Continue Reading “What’s A Daddy to do?”
Category: UncategorizedTags: adoption, Bible, birth, couple, daddy, death, depression, divorce, eternity, Father, God, heaven, humble, Jesus, love, mother, parents, prayer, sacrifice, summer
Posted on May 15, 2015
by Paris Renae
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In case you’re not from where I’m from, ‘Shug’ is pronounced ‘Shooog’ – like sugar. In fact, it’s used in calling someone sugar in a loving way… ‘Want to go to the store with me Shug?’ ‘Come sit by me Shug.’ ‘Oh Shug, I’m… Continue Reading “Shug…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: Cinderella, daddy, dress, grace, honey, Kind, lake, lipstick, love, nicknames, phone, photograpy, pretty, sayings, secretary, step-mother, sugar, summer, sweetheart, words
Posted on August 29, 2014
by Paris Renae
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The year was 1963. Ladies never left home, to go shopping or anyplace in public, unless properly dressed, children included. Never mind it was the middle of summer in Florida. This five year old had to wear a dress, with a slip underneath,… Continue Reading “GLOVES…& Simpler Times”
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Posted on May 9, 2014
by Paris Renae
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Summer is early in Florida this year – yes we typically warm up in May, but we are talking the heat is here! That means humidity is on the way in quick order… People joke and say we only have two seasons: early summer and… Continue Reading “Til the Violas Return”
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