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Author: Emily Hester

“Everything’s going MY way”…hopefully not!

“Everything’s going MY way”…hopefully not!

By Emily Hester Posted on October 20, 2013 Posted in Our Favorite Things

“Oh what a beautiful morning. Oh what a beautiful day. I’ve got a wonderful feeling. Everything’s going my way!” I love this chorus by Rodgers & Hammerstein from the musical Oklahoma. Do you think if I sing it three times …

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Emily’s Thirteen Favorite “Boo” Movies

By Emily Hester Posted on October 15, 2013 Posted in Our Favorite Things Tagged with Movies

It’s that time of year when we turn off all the lights and watch our favorite “boo” movies. Those kind of movies that make us jump when an unexpected flash of scary comes across our television screen. Here are my …

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I Come To The Garden

I Come To The Garden

By Emily Hester Posted on October 13, 2013 Posted in Journeys & Conversations Tagged with shopping

Now available, just in time for the holiday season, three original works for the book lover in your life! I Come to the Garden is now available at Amazon’s Createspace bookstore! This is a collection of poems by Lucy Dee Wright …

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Tea Cakes in a Cookie Jar

Tea Cakes in a Cookie Jar

By Emily Hester Posted on October 11, 2013 Posted in Recipes & More Tagged with Recipe

I have memories from when I was a little girl, anticipating the moment when my great grandma Wright would allow me to climb up to get the cookie jar. It was usually kept on top of the kitchen hutch, and …

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Saying Grace

By Emily Hester Posted on October 3, 2013 Posted in Our Favorite Things

A Child’s Mealtime Blessing God is Great, God is Good; Let us thank Him for our food. By His hands we all are fed, Give us Lord our Daily Bread. Amen. –Author Unknown How many of us know this prayer …

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Favorite Things About Fall

Favorite Things About Fall

By Emily Hester Posted on September 27, 2013 Posted in Our Favorite Things

  1. Watching the leaves change colors. 2. Enjoying cooler weather. 3. Smelling cinnamon while shopping. 4. Seeing pumpkins everywhere. 5. Eating caramel apples. 6. Wearing the color orange. 7. Wearing flip flops one day and boots the next. 8. …

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Out of Cake Flour?

By Emily Hester Posted on September 26, 2013 Posted in In A Pinch Tagged with Recipe

If out of cake flour, use 1 cup all-purpose flour, minus 2 tablespoons of flour and replacing it with 2 tablespoons of cornstarch for every 1 cup cake flour needed. Sift together before adding before adding to other ingredients in …

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On Showing Mercy

By Emily Hester Posted on September 23, 2013 Posted in Motherly Meditations Tagged with Dee LaPrarie Wright Bass, Forgiveness

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. Be merciful, …

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A Personal Nine Eleven

By Emily Hester Posted on September 11, 2013 Posted in Navigating Life's Issues Tagged with Loss, Remembering

Today is the twelfth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It was an event that rocked our nation and made everyone stop their day-to-day tasks and gather around a television or a radio. It opened up the flood gates …

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Our Family Tree Changes

By Emily Hester Posted on September 9, 2013 Posted in The Kinfolk Tagged with Dee LaPrarie Wright Bass, Floyd B Adams, Ida Mae Burris Adams, John Alvis LaPrarie

Our family tree located on the horizontal menu bar is undergoing some changes, but family member posts are still being added under a new category titled “The Kinfolk.” The previous family tree software was difficult to navigate and I’m currently …

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