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Five Minute Friday    writing challenge hosted by   Lisa-Jo Baker The challenge is to write for five minutes on a given word.  Just write and share. Today's Five Minute Friday word:  {friend} I have always been the type of person that feels more comfortable having a few close friends rather that a whole lot of acquaintances.  I feel more secure in creating a strong bond and truly knowing someone inside and out.  And for someone to know me just the same. Those few really close friends have changed over the years.  As my life twisted and turned down different paths, I have had different friends.   Growing up friends.  High school friends.  College friends.  After college friends.   Some are now acquaintances, and some are long forgotten.   Church friends.  Couples friends.  Online friends.  My husband.  He's one of my favorites and my best friend!   Yet,...

Five Minute Friday    writing challenge hosted by   Lisa-Jo Baker The challenge is to write for five minutes on a given word.  Just write and share. Today's Five Minute Friday word:  {glue} {glue} is sticky, messy, connects, everlasting, hardens.  Just like life. Reflecting on this holy of holy weeks, with much help from specific daily devotions from my pastors, be a part of the many praying for 120 hours of prayer, Ruth Ayres' 40 Stories for Lent , and deep conversations with my small group, I have witnessed how Jesus is the {glue} in my life, holding everyone and everything together.     Jesus loved. Jesus forgave.    Jesus cried out. Jesus suffered. Jesus died for us and all of our sins. Jesus is the One.   The only one that I need to desire to have a relationship with to keep me from  forgetting failing and falling apart. Through His relationship, He connects me th...

Five Minute Friday    writing challenge hosted by   Lisa-Jo Baker The challenge is to write for five minutes on a given word.  Just write and share. Today's Five Minute Friday word:  {paint} There are layers and layers on that old rocking chair. Layers of paint hiding underneath a shiny black. Each layer holds a memory.  It once was white.  And a mom rocked babies.  To soothe.  To snuggle.  To remember. Each layer tells a story.  It once was green.  And grandmas rocked grandbabies.  To love.  To hold.  To remember. Each layer shares a moment of love.  It once was brown.  And great-grandmas rocked great-grandbabies.  To just remember. The paint on that old rocking chair chips and exposes another layer of paint.  Sharing another memory.  Sharing another story.  Sharing more love.

{writer} am i a writer? writers write with ease and beauty weaving  words with wonder writers wait writers think writers write writers erase writers start over writers give up writers cry writers try again writers play writers wonder writers dream writers laugh writers share writers celebrate with wonder words weave with beauty and ease writers write i am a writer. __________________________________ Ruth Ayres originally introduced me to  the  Five Minute Friday    writing challenge hosted by   Lisa-Jo Baker . The challenge is to write for five minutes on a given word.  Just write. This is my first attempt.  Today I thought I was only writing to the prompt,  but decided to link up anyway.