The Clicker Episode

Remotes. Honest. Wrong Turns, Right TrackMy beloved husband, Rich, and I know one another well. We share our lives, our home, our hearts. We worship together, eat most of our meals together, and stroke the same dogs’ heads as we relax in evenings. We climb into the same bed at night. Those details, along with our status […]


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Weekend Reflection: Still

Elaine. Tahaa, ISLV, French Polynesia. January, 2004. No workplace busyness, no jagged compaign rancor, changes the fact that He is still on His throne.  Linking with Sandy for Still Saturday. And with Deidra for The Sunday Community. Sit with us a while, won’t you?


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Candy for Elaine. WordCandy.

Dear Elaine,  It’s all going to be awesome.  (And by “all,” I mean this part, this part–every part.)  With love and confidence,Mom Me, Daphne, Elaine, Sawyer, Cadence. Pumpkin Patch. October, 2012. ‘Do not fear, for I am with you;Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.I will strengthen you, surely I will […]


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Weekend Reflection: A Joyful Noise

4 Shout your praises to God, everybody!Let loose and sing! Strike up the band!5 Round up an orchestra to play for God,Add on a hundred-voice choir.6 Feature trumpets and big trombones,Fill the air with praises to King God.7 Let the sea and its fish give a round of applause,With everything living on earth joining in.8 […]


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Another Airport. Another Homecoming.

Daphne Kate Matoushek. September 4, 2012. Meeting Skin-to-Skin Finally, after 51 days of waiting, tonight’s the night. My daughter, Elaine, our almost-two-year-old grandson, Sawyer, and brand new, as yet unseen granddaughter, Daphne, are due in on a late flight from Honolulu to San Diego. Rich and I will head south after work, claim a long-reserved […]


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