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Unbridled joy because of a beautiful birthday cake

Unbridled joy because of a beautiful birthday cake 🎂, extended time with my people 🥰, or because I'm in my favorite mountain town of Breckenridge🏔️?
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If you guessed all the above, you guessed right! 🥳
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Here's to 49, here's to raspberry and lemon layers, and here's to the TREASURE that is family all together (the older kids get, the more rare it is)!⁠
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Whilst at the comfiest mountain cabin EVER, @chestnuthillcabin, we celebrated my birthday last week because today I'm in Texas getting my girl set up for summer school. Here's to flexible schedules...and birthday cake that tastes just as good a week before your birthday as it does on your birthday. ⁠
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⁠(Swipe to see the look of love.)😍

📷: James and Faith

In his book, The Songs of Jesus, Tim Keller (@timk

In his book, The Songs of Jesus, Tim Keller (@timkellernyc) tells us it's wise to be the one who ". . .muses on the might and love of God as shown in the past, in order to overwhelm his fears in the present." ⁠
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During a particularly stressful past year chock-full of difficult change and little clarity, Pastor Keller's words took my attention off the mountain of problems at hand and onto the One who is bigger than any problem--the One who will see you and me through any problem. God used Pastor Keller as a voice of clarity that tuned my heart's compass so I stayed focus on the facts of my faith rather than my wobbly fears.⁠
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I never met Pastor Keller, but his leading and serving had a profound impact on my family and me. I hope I get to share this with him in heaven one day. For now, I'm happy to add my voice to the chorus of those saying, "Thank you, Tim." #thankyoutim #thankyoutimkeller

Twenty years ago this evening, I felt relief and j

Twenty years ago this evening, I felt relief and joy as my high-risk, difficult pregnancy ended with the birth of our one and only daughter, a treasure from heaven. David and I gave our girl a name that seemed to pick her rather than the other way around: Faith.⁠♥️
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(It didn't hurt that I loved singer Faith Hill, too.🤣)⁠
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Happy birthday 🎉 to this sparkling girl who runs full tilt through life and is as big-hearted as the state of her college home, Texas. St. Augustine said, “Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” Faith, may you never forget that God is always for you, and He will faithfully guide you to where you're meant to be.⁠
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He will faithfully guide us all. ⁠

Hello, you! 👋And hello, first Friday of May!
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Please take notice that I'm wearing a short-sleeved shirt outside. This has occurred for five days in a row, and I'm aggressively happy about it!⁠🤸‍♀️
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This is the month I also say hello to one son graduating from college!⁠🎉
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This is the month another son gave his final Graphic Design capstone portfolio presentation!⁠🎉
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This is the month I ⁠say hello to my girl (in person!) when we bring her home from Texas!⁠🎉
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This is the month I say hello to 49 (and my fav-o-rite: birthday cake!).⁠🎂⁠

This is the month I say hello to scarlet geraniums by the front door and on the side porch.⁠ ❤️
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This is the month I say hello to ⁠coming up for air after working hard on a project. ⁠😅
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I wait all year for May like children wait all year for Christmas. And when it finally comes, I'm "higher than a kite,"🪁as my daddy used to say. (Meant traditionally, not Colorado-y. Heh.) While some months of May are harder than others—while some come with harder changes than others—there's hope found in the fact that the redemption of real-deal spring always arrives.⁠🌿
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Are you saying hello to anything special this month? Are you also inclined to convey info with an annoying amount of exclamation marks? Asking for a friend. 😬

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