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“Recipes and Remembrances: A Culinary Journey Through Family Traditions

Encouragement, Everyday Life, Faith and Reflection, Finding Hope / April Woody

The author reflects on cherished holiday recipes from their mother-in-law and mother, expressing nostalgia as they prepare for Thanksgiving. Despite the challenges of cooking a whole turkey, they emphasize gratitude for family and the importance of sharing love and faith through recipes. Ultimately, the message is about spiritual connections over culinary perfection.

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Mishaps and Memories

2 Comments / Encouragement, Everyday Life, Faith and Reflection / April Woody

I wasn’t going to do a blog post this month because I’ve been dedicating all my writing time to getting the book completely polished so I can print it. But when God sends you what He wants shared… you share it! This isn’t the first time I’ve written about my brain and body struggle with

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Standing Strong: A Tree’s Lesson in Survival and Faith

1 Comment / Encouragement, Everyday Life, Faith and Reflection, Finding Hope / April Woody

A Love For Trees I’m a tree person, especially during this season. I frequently point out beautiful trees to my husband and discuss them with my students at school. That’s why it’s surprising that I completely overlooked one particular gem. On our way to church last Sunday, Tim asked me if I had seen this

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Jesus, the Rock

2 Comments / Bible Study, Encouragement, Everyday Life, Finding Hope / April Woody

If you missed last month’s post, you might want to go back and read it before reading this one; otherwise, this one might be difficult to follow. Days after the flood, I had no idea my search for answers would lead to my journey through Job, Ecclesiastes, and Habakkuk. I have been deep-diving into these

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Bring All Your “Bugs” to God!

1 Comment / Camping, Encouragement, Everyday Life, Travel Stories / April Woody

I hope you aren’t tired of camping stories because I think I will have a few more! Tim and I thoroughly enjoyed our camping trips at Cherokee Dam Campground in July. Surely, my husband has his fill of fishing by now. LOL! This campground has a great family atmosphere. It is not a full hookup

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Jesus Did The Work

8 Comments / Encouragement, Everyday Life / April Woody

Recently, my husband and I were camping at Lake Cherokee State Park in Morristown, Tenn. This was our first time returning to this campground since Brean was going into the ninth grade, Devan was going into middle school, and I was going into emergency surgery for a broken neck. (I just didn’t know at the

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Distraction or Design? Just Ask God

2 Comments / Bible Help, Encouragement, Everyday Life / April Woody

Who’s that woman looking back at you in the mirror? Did you ever expect to see her? How fast did this version of you arrive? Yesterday, I was at a high school celebration for a remarkable young man. His mom reminded all of us of how time flies away from us. I’m also reminded of

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Death Has No More Sting

7 Comments / Encouragement, Everyday Life / April Woody

Once, when Devan was around two, I left him home with my husband while I went to pick up Brena at our church. The church was about two football fields away from my house, so I didn’t have to go far. I had dropped Brena off earlier for Christmas play practice; Devan wasn’t old enough

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Don’t Let One Bad Experience Steal a Lifetime of Joy!

4 Comments / Encouragement, Everyday Life / April Woody

Why would our latest adventure be anything but a doozy? Tim (my hubby) didn’t want to take our mini-dachshund, Oscar, on the adventure with us. That meant I would need to pay someone to keep him. So I decided if I was paying, then we would get an Airbnb, and I would spend the extra

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