Realizing the Much More of God

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  • First-Born

    I laughed so hard, my face hurt not to mention my large belly cradling our first child.  It was a very warm December evening in a crowded, modest home.  My husband’s family – mother, sisters, aunts and cousins – showered me with not only many wonderful presents for our baby…

  • First Journal

    Keeping a journal for 48 years led to writing our book Shekinah Lane. Also helped bolster my faith in the power of God in mine and others lives.

  • What is Beautiful?

    Ms. Pat, your house is so beautiful.  People who don’t have kids have beautiful houses.  Our house is not pretty” Jada said. I responded, “Well you should have seen my house when our boys were your age we had toys and shoes and stuff all around and it was not…

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  • Do you think before you speak?

    During a recent bout with laryngitis I was reminded of the number of words a woman uses daily versus the number a man uses. Louann…

  • Why did I agree to make a dessert?

        Culinary masterpieces flashed on the TV screen in the foyer of the church of cakes from last year’s dessert auction to benefit our…

  • Teen Ranch Pizza

    Thirteen hungry boys (if you count my husband as a boy) sat around the dark eight foot table in anticipation of dinner. My husband and…

  • First not possible without last

    An evaluation of my book proposal arrived.  The same questions were posed, the same things I have been wrestling with for over three years –…

I’m Pat, mom to two, nana to three, great nana to one; and hopefully encourager to those who visit here. Join me as we discover how “much more valuable” we are when we follow and trust instead of lead and worry.
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