Just Jill
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Being Close To The Crime
I just read a book that was about a murder that happened in and around my hometown. The book is called Bitter Blood. The author, Jerry Bledsoe, was a reporter for our local newspaper when the crime took place and in the years that followed he became a best selling true crime author. I am…
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Permission People
“When I was a little girl, I used to dream as a man, because I wanted to do things that women didn’t do back then such as traveling to Africa, living with wild animals, and writing books. I didn’t have any female explorers or scientists to look up to but I was inspired by Dr.…
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The Butterfly People
It’s been almost a month since I last posted. I was sick for a couple of weeks, then the Easter prep and festivities happened. And in the middle of it all I’m trying to make a few dollars here and there. Yes, husband is still out of work, a year now. Anyway, I didn’t want…
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One Day, Adam
I’m considering taking my book, “When God Got His Hands Dirty” off my Amazon shelf, dusting it off and making some changes. I wrote that book with my middle school students in mind and now I’d like to adjust it for a wider audience and maybe see if I can sell it through a more…
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Thinking of Moons, Moths, and the Glory of God
In my efforts to make a little money, I have an Etsy Shop where I create things that you can print at home. I create “printables” as they call them that are worksheets, games, and crafts for kids. They’re good for home and classroom. I had such success with my Solar Eclipse packet last year…
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Trusting God Is Hard
We knew when Steave got laid off 10 months ago that this was something God was doing. We knew because it wasn’t something Steave did or didn’t do, the corporate entity made an indiscriminate choice. There was no one to blame or get mad at. We also knew God was up to something because we…
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Praying For Ignorance
I’m writing to you as if you’ve read every one of my blogs when I say, “Remember when I said I’ve been blogging since the early 2000’s and I may bring a blog post back from the past?” Well, this is another one of them. I’ll be telling you about my teenage son’s trip to…
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These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
I’ve been trying to write a post for you all, dear readers, all week. My goal was to get a post written on Monday. Today is Thursday. I have 2 posts sitting in my drafts folder that I wrote this week and they both were darker than I wanted to be. I wanted to be…
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It Was Near Christmas
In an earlier post, I said I would be bringing back some posts from the past, and this is one such piece. I wrote this one back when my kids were in elementary and middle school right after it happened. I think back on it often and it’s still just as funny and embarrassing as…
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I See You
I have always felt that I had a connection with animals. As a kid, I remember seeing birds, squirrels, and stray cats and trying to catch their eye. When they looked at me, no matter how far away, I’d whisper, “I see you.” I love looking at trees full of leaves and seeing that one…
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