by Traci on April 17, 2013
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It’s quiet. (Well, I can hear the water trickling from the filter in the fish tank. That’s right, I need to fill that.) And dark. (Well, I can see the light shining in through the dining room windows from the street light outside.) I’m sitting in “my spot” on the couch, holding the pillow from [...]
by Traci on April 5, 2013
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I’ve thought of a thousand ways to start this post. Not one single idea seemed like the right one. In all honesty, I have absolutely no idea how to talk about this. There are some things that are very sacred to me and I like to keep them to just family and a few close [...]
“Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. [...]
(This video is somewhat graphic in nature. The images are used from the movie ‘The Passion of the Christ’ and I neither endorse nor denounce it. I chose this because I feel we shouldn’t hide nor be ignorant from the reality of the suffering Jesus Christ bore on our behalf. It was real. It should [...]
I wrote this on November 27th, while sick in bed, after I had been reading Ann Voskamp’s book, “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are“. I haven’t edited anything. This is what rose in my heart as I neared the end of the book… ************************************ I’m a self-centered, idolatrous hoarder [...]
There you are. My brand new, beautiful baby girl, Kayla Love. Your swirl of peaches & cream hair all perfectly placed. You are laying there, knees tucked up to your chest as if you were still inside me. You inhale this little quivering whimper of air, I hold my breath for a moment, you’re ok. [...]
by Traci on November 6, 2012
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We give out from what is in us. Today, what’s inside me is an overwhelming sense of the deepest gratitude and profound peace from the assurance that my faith in Jesus Christ and my continual walk with Him has not for one minute ever been in vain. I look back on my life and can [...]