Borrowed Breath

Today is my little sister’s birthday!
Happy birthday, Ruth.

That’s her on the left. My big brother Aaron is in the middle and little sister Anna is on the right.

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Today, we are getting Michelle’s sisters back again. They’ve been staying with other family members for the past few days. Tomorrow we are taking them to Rehoboth Beach for the day. And Sunday, Michelle’s sister and brother-in-law and niece are coming for lunch. And then we’re taking the girls to Providence Sunday night.
Have a great weekend.

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…a little miracle.

Gloria Wren Kasitz
born July 8th, 2008
8-1/2 pounds, 22 inches
Congratulations Jon and Jen.
We love you guys (all three of you).

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This evening, we will be taking a meal to our dear friends Jon and Jen and meeting little Gloria Wren for the first time. She was born last Tuesday.
I can’t wait.
Babies are amazing to me. I grew up in a large family. I am the second oldest of nine, and there was a baby in […]

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“…the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount is—never look for justice, but never cease to live it.”
Oswald Chambers
My Utmost for His Highest
July 14

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“…your gentleness made me great.”
(Psalm 18.35b ESV)
Your gentleness has made me great.
Your love has triumphed over hate.
You rescued me from my due fate.
Your gentleness has made me great. 
Your brokenness has made me whole.
Golgotha’s wounds saved me from Sheol.
Your resurrection revived my soul.
Your brokenness has made me whole. 
Your presence makes my spirit sing.
Your hope repairs snapped heart-strings.
Your […]

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Michelle’s two little sisters, Nicole and Lauren, are in town from Arizona for a couple of weeks. What a blessing to have them here in PA.
Tomorrow, we will be having a fondue extravaganza at Michelle’s sister and brother-in-law’s house.
And Sunday, we will be at a Hoover family get-together in Gettysburg.
Have a great weekend.
Shalom

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“In short, I had always believed that the world involved magic:  now I thought that perhaps it involved a magician. And this pointed a profound emotion always present and sub-conscious; that this world of ours has some purpose; and if there is a purpose, there is a person. I had always felt life first as […]

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We have some neighbors who live in the apartment above us. They are from India, and they work at the local Dunkin Donuts. They walk to work, so whenever I’m heading out at the same time they are, I offer them a ride. Initially, they turned me down. But one cold, windy winter day, they […]

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Two years ago today, the radiant Michelle Hoover said “I do” and became Michelle Manthey. And this wonderfully amazing woman has changed my life. Her beauty, both that which is seen and that which is within, affects every situation she is in, every room she walks into, every conversation she graces. And that beauty has […]

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