Diane W. Bailey

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  • Stepfamily-3

    Lessons in Leaning

          This thing called Motherhood, I don’t know if I will ever have it figured out completely.  Birth children, step children, grandchildren, His children, my children all muddled up trying to get through this life the best we know how.   When they are young, we are their first understanding of God.  To…continue reading…

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    What’s it To You?

    Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.” John 21:22   We learn by comparing the world around us, to what we know about ourself.  A baby watches people stand up and walk away, so he learns to follow.  First by realizing…continue reading…

  • Mom2

    Gifts from My Mother

    It’s Friday and You know what that means–Five Minute Friday with LisaJo Baker!  Today’s prompt, “What did Your Mama do that made her yours…”     She lost her mother when she was only six months of age.  She was the youngest of nine children growing up in the shadow of the Great Depression and…continue reading…

  • 30 Days to a Better Stepfamily –Day 1

    Step families.  What a complicated group of folks that can be.  For the next 30 days, I want to write to you about our Stepfamily.  I will tell you ahead of time that the stories are not always pretty, and my theology is not coming from one who is a scholar in such things, but…continue reading…

  • Out of Chaos

    It is hours before Thanksgiving.  Cakes and cars are piling up on counters and down the driveway. And I’m wondering if I’m keeping joy in all things, or just killing the to-do list. Tripping over Dr. Seuss and dolls with no hair, and clothes and suitcases that need to be moved into a bedroom, I…continue reading…

  • Working on 30 Days to a Better Stepfamily

    Hello my friends! How are you doing?  I’ve missed talking with you lately, and I know it is because I have not been available as much.  You are in my prayers each time I open WordPress, in thankful praise for you coming over to have your coffee in the mornings with me and sharing your…continue reading…