I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and are enjoying the New Year!Â
For this yearâs family dinner, I was responsible for a few of the side dishes and some desserts.
I decided to cook smarter and not harder with the goal of minimizing my kitchen clean up. đ
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Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Today would’ve been Grandpa Sterling’s 81st birthday.
I find myself thinking of him almost every day. So much recently that I’ve even started telling my husband, “I really miss Grandpa Sterling.”“…In the brief time that I knew my husbandâs grandfather, I felt that same love and encouragement and support from him. Thatâs the thing about love and true relationships and bonds. They BUILD you up. They help you to GROW beyond what you can comprehend. Even when there are rough patches, the LOVE ENDURES….”
This has been a hard, long, week. Filled with lots of emotional highs and lows. The biggest low being the loss of my husbandâs grandfather.
I didnât know him aslong as others were blessed to, but I got the chance to experience a grandfather as an adult and that in itself was a special gift from God.
He wasnât just my husbandâs grandfather. He was my Grandpa Sterling.
On a Road Trip with the Grandparents
Those who really know me know that my grandmothers meant the world to me. My dadâs mom passed away when I was in grade school. My momâs mom passed when I was in undergrad (a year before I graduated).
Having a grandfather was a foreign experience for me. My dadâs dad passed away not long after I was born. Iâm told I was the last grand-baby he held. I was named after he and myâŚ
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But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 NKJV
Fix-It With Fran 
