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surrender novena (Day Five)

Published on October 30, 2020November 3, 2020 by Dawn Marie2 Comments

Welcome back!

Today is Day Five!

How can that bee?

Chances are if you’re strolling through my site today you are here to continue The 9 Day Surrender Novena with me,

(and countless others!)

However, if perhaps you stumple-tripped into my site; without knowing what is going on, you can read more details by clicking here or here.

Either way – I am so glad you are here now, joining me in prayer!

If you did miss Day One, Day Two, Day Three and/or Day Four of The Surrender Novena

-that’s okay –

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ducks in a row

Published on October 29, 2020November 1, 2020 by Dawn Marie6 Comments

American Black Ducks, all in a row on Lake Edinboro. 2020

Spent another night in our tiny cottage on the Lake, as Summer rapidly winds down up North.

We have always named our habitat spaces.

I’m pretty sure this stems from all those years growing up reading books perched amongst the branches of my parent’s Chinese Chestnut trees. Laura lived in The Little House on the Prairie, Scarlett O’Hara lived at Tara, and The Cleary Family lived on the sheep ranch, Drogheda. And so it goes for Cuppycake & I that there has been The Duplex, Springland Terrace, True North, and our current home – North Star.

Along with this rather new (special) cottage space, Cana.

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