“I’m Dating Someone Even Though I’m Married” Article Review
The other day, I was browsing through my Facebook newsfeed when an article caught my eye. It was titled, “I’m Dating Someone Even Though I’m Married”. I quickly passed it, assuming that it was exactly what it sounded like as another sad example of the marriage culture our world is continuing to develop today. But, something about it made me think that maybe there was more to it than the title indicated. Although still skeptical about what the article had to say, I decided to read it. I began, hoping that the article was going to surprise me and not disappoint me. I read the first two paragraphs……
Read MoreWhen God says NO!
How do you react when God says NO?
Sometimes we have good intentions and a great plan and a selfless vision and God still says NO. Sometimes we think we know better than God, what we need to handle a tough situation. Sometimes we assume we are truly trusting the sovereignty of God but we still get a NO answer to our prayer.
My relationship with my dad was complicated-at best. I have found myself thinking more about him in the past 10 days since his passing than I ever did over the past many years. I did pray for him ALL the time but with regards to actually thinking about his life, his feelings, his dreams, his regrets, his passions……I just didn’t think about him very often.…
Read MoreMake Changes, Not Resolutions
On New Year’s Day, my Facebook feed was flooded with people making resolutions. I enjoyed reading everyone’s resolutions and started to think of some of my own. By the end of the day I wasn’t motivated, I was overwhelmed!
I quickly realized that I was going to drive myself nuts trying to live up to my ideals of what this year should look like. It was clear to me why so many people fail in their resolution making.
I decided this year, rather than making resolutions, I was MAKING CHANGES.
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Read MoreSkinny Vegetable Minestrone Soup
Skinny Vegetable Minestrone Soup (adapted from http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/minestrone-soup/)
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients…
Mission Possible-Organizing your Life into 4 Suitcases
As I write, Bekah and Ashkon are literally taking off from the San Francisco airport for their last 5 months of their adventures in Grenada…yes we did get up at 3:30 am and drive them to SFO and we are safely home and it is only 6:20 am. So I volunteered to author her post today since they were up packing until late last night and are now on their flight bound for Grenada.
Their adventure began one month after their wedding in the summer of 2012. With six 70 pound suitcases packed and checked in and two carry-ons each, they boarded a plane bound for Grenada to begin Ashkon’s medical school education at St. George’s University Medical School.
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Read MoreOffering Grace and Unconditional Love to Family
Happy New Year to all our loyal followers, friends and new Growing Weisser readers!
We are hoping and praying that 2014 will bring many opportunities to offer grace and unconditional love to your family.
Our family’s holiday season was bittersweet this year. We experienced the sweetness of the holidays as we gathered with family and friends during the Christmas week enjoying wonderful conversation, celebration of the birth of Jesus, gift giving, carol singing, gingerbread house decorating, baking and lots of eating.
We then started the New Year with the bitter part of bittersweet as sadness invaded our family with the hardship of saying goodbye to my dad, as he passed away suddenly on January 4th. I am so grateful to God that I spent the extra time coordinating with my sister and mom this year to enable my dad to attend our Christmas day celebration. We had just recently helped him move into a Skilled Nursing facility and that meant it took more of an effort to coordinate his visit. We all pulled together and our beautiful Christmas celebration became his last time together with us as a family. Offering grace and unconditional love to my dad made this possible.
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Read MoreA New Year Begins!
Hello Growing Weisser family!
We are excited to be back after a great holiday break with our families. Thank you for the time to rest and enjoy the Christmas season.
There are many exciting things in store for this new year, and we are looking forward to spending each week with you. If you haven’t already, please sign up for our newsletter. The newsletter will now go out on Mondays, and we will have new posts on Tuesdays through Fridays starting this week.
Have a blessed week!
Love, Growing Weisser
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Read MoreHave a Very Merry Christmas
Christmas Blessings to all of you. We are so grateful for your devotion and enthusiasm as we have endeavored to establish a website that brings encouragement, hope and joy to families and friends; old and new. We hope that your holiday is full of fun, laughter and joyous celebration. We are taking a two week break from blogging to enjoy our family time. We will be back to posting in January with some exciting new ideas for our blog.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! …
Read MoreA Time of Reflection
I am not trying to wish away Christmas at all, I absolutely love Christmas. But Christmas is the perfect time to start reflecting on the past year. Shortly after Christmas people start thinking about the new year. New Years is a time to look forward, make goals and hopes for the future. So let’s take the last couple days of December as a time to look back, ponder and reflect on the past. …
Read MoreGlory to the Newborn King
With all the hustle bustle of Christmas preparations we often forget to stop and really listen to the words of our favorite Christmas Carols. This year, I have made it a point to pay attention to the lyrics as I have Christmas carols playing in the car and in my home throughout the month of December. So many of the old classic carols have a complete message of the good news of Christ Jesus. The birth of Jesus is what we celebrate and it seems so easy to lose the real reason for the season as we get caught up in our list of “to dos”. So this season, join me in refocusing on the true meaning of Christmas. Focus on JOY, focus on HOPE and LOVE and set your eyes and heart on Jesus, our EMMANUEL-God with us!!! …
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