I have seen two movies in theatres this week, and both times have been so much fun! Most of the time I don’t really care to go out, and this has been one of the most frequent negotiations for Matt and I in marriage – I love being home and he loves going out, and fortunately we love each other, so we do our best to communicate and...
Moving With God
This is Alyssa Sampson's blog. She is Pastor Tim's daughter.
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One week before Christmas I am finally starting to settle into anticipation and soak in the Christmas spirit. I’m really glad because some years December is so hectic it feels like savouring Christmas can’t happen until Boxing Day!
I have been off work for a little over a month now, which has been a blessing. It was definitely an...
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I am sick, and this is by far the schleppiest I have felt for a bump picture. But I am not vain enough to dress up just for a picture, and I wouldn’t want to falsely glamorize pregnancy lest my 16 year old readers think its all fun and games. No young ones, sometimes it’s schleppy and stuffed up and achy, and the futon is the only...
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Sometimes as a Christian there are amazing and wonderful spiritual truths that lose their power because I become desensitized to them – I hear them so much I forget what they mean or play it off in my mind or deflect them with an eye roll and they don’t make it into my heart.
This weekend I went to a youth ministry conference with Matt,...
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This weekend it felt like the third trimester came out of nowhere, rifled through my cupboards and sat on my couch in ratty sweatpants eating all my favourite snacks. Does that make sense? It’s a metaphor for taking over my LIFE! Thursday I hit 30 weeks (big milestone in my head, kind of like arriving at the home stretch because after the...