Sharing seven haiku written during the Octave of Easter
Haiku Highlights from Easter (7 Quick Takes)
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An Easter full of hope
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As I set our table for dinner, I thought of all the people who were part of our celebration even though they weren’t physically with us.
A sweet gift, a birthday, Easter foods, and spring snow (7 Quick Limericks)
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If you like limericks, this post is for you.
The finches’ first Easter
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This will be our pet birds’ first Easter with us.
Walking through Holy Week
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We don’t need to begin the holiest week of the year at our best. It comes either way. And maybe we’re prepared to receive the risen Jesus in a way we can’t quite see.
We say grace in this house
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Whether you and I are in good practice or not of praying in the morning, evening, or throughout the day, thanking God for our meals is a simple and easy way to praise Him.
My father’s cookies, a leftover bunny, and other discoveries (7 Quick Takes)
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~1~ Can you go to your parents’ house and come home empty-handed? Me neither. I came home with a bag of my father’s homemade cookies, a copy of the newspaper with our wedding announcement in it, a few wedding photos I had forgotten about, and printouts of our online guestbook. I don’t even recall having […]
“Are you sitting down?”
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How we share information matters. That’s why people put so much care into marriage proposals and pregnancy announcements.
Half-birthdays for finches, corned beef, and that time I won an award (7 Quick Takes)
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Our two baby finches celebrated their half-birthdays this week.
Missing out again
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I met the anniversary of the last day of in-person school with eyes wide open—bracing myself for that weight. But I’m realizing that missing out on experiences for the second time might be harder.
Pie for Pi Day, gołąbki, drive-through confession, and Harry & Meghan (7 Quick Takes)
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Pi Day is March 14, and the only question is how much pie—and which flavors—are we going to bake and eat this weekend.
Oh, no! My favorite restaurant is closing.
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I couldn’t believe it when we heard the news. Dimitri’s International Grille in Catonsville, Md., is closing.
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