Robyn Pratt
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Becoming Unefficient
I was talking with my girls about character traits and school work, traits like wanting perfection can become too extreme and ruin a project. Or being a little too laid back when something needs to get done can also screw… Continue reading
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Silver linings
Living on the equator was hot. Just hot. All year round. On the 4th of July and on Christmas day. It got old and monotonous, so the challenge was to find things to appreciated. One way that this constant heat… Continue reading
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Perfection
Does Proverbs 31 stress anyone else out? I was talking about all the chores listed in this chapter to my husband, and he said he thought I was succeeding. I actually laughed out loud because I thought he was making… Continue reading
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Control
What can I control? Have you ever had to forgive someone who wasn’t repentant? When my husband worked as a jail officer, a man who had just been convicted punched him, literally lashing out in his frustration. Jason needed stitches… Continue reading
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The Water Bottle Lesson
When we were living in Indonesia, we filtered our well water into 5 gallon jugs for our water cooler. One morning, we woke up to water all over the floor. Jason took the whole water cooler apart, cleaned everything, made… Continue reading
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Capturing Joy
This is one of my favorite photos. I actually managed to capture joy. Why do we love photos so much? I think we are trying to hold onto the joy of a moment. But seeing a picture only brings back… Continue reading
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Storms
Who brings the storms? Growing up if a storm came up we sat in the back of our van with the doors open under the carport and watched the huge maples in our neighbor’s yard move and bend with the… Continue reading
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Expectations
Flying back to Indonesia with our six week old daughter, I packed a ton of diapers and onesies. Jason thought it was excessive, and it was, but he wisely let it go. On our first leg from Chicago to L.A.,… Continue reading
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“My” Mountain
One of the more wild, weird and wonderful things that happened while we were living on Borneo is “my” mountain. There is a beautiful jungle mountain that my husband and his teammates routinely flew over on their way home from… Continue reading
