sandhillsis on January 11th, 2010

There are few material things that I have that are priceless, but this is one of them… a simple piece of paper, with scrawls of crayon from a child’s hand. I found it after church one day. The pews were empty and I was alone with my thoughts. I asked my boys if it was theirs but [...]

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sandhillsis on December 1st, 2009

Sleigh bells ring. Are ya list’nen? I’m not. In the lane, snow is gliss’nen… Snow. What snow. I’m looking out the window at my wheat field and wondering, is it really time for the tree? It’s 60 degrees for heaven’s sake.  A beautiful sight, we’re happy tonight… (well some of us are.) W is almost ten and is [...]

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sandhillsis on September 14th, 2009

It was eight o’clock Halloween night, 2002. I was nine months pregnant with Deputy Barney and W was three then, singing and splashing around in his bath when the phone rang. I closed the door to the bathroom when I went to answer it. “Hello…” “B, it’s your mother.” She was crying. I knew that Dad’s [...]

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sandhillsis on July 31st, 2009

God has been good to me. I have more in my life now that I ever dreamed I would have when I was young. When I spent time dreaming of my knight, I didn’t know He was going surpass what I had dreamed. I didn’t know then that relationships morph and are far from static. [...]

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