Fingerprint Friday: Teachers

By MAD21

Three years ago we were looking for a preschool for our children to go to. We wanted to find a school that not only had opportunities for the girls to play with other kids, but had a good curriculum, and Christ as their foundation. Our girls loved to learn and we wanted them to be in an environment that encouraged good behavior where they could learn the basics, learn how to play well with others, with the freedom to share our faith.

Not only did we find an awesome preschool, we found an awesome school with a great educational philosophy and curriculum, with wonderful Christ-filled teachers. And to top it off, our girls can attend all the way through the 12th grade.

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Fingerprint Friday: Rays of Light

By MAD21

After several days of hard rain, wind and cold, it was pure joy to have the rays of sunshine coming in our windows late this week. Like the rainbow after a storm, these rays of warm light showering in on us were nothing less than the fingerprint of God.

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Fingerprint Friday: Friends In Unexpected Places

By MAD21

If you had told me a year ago that I would have a blog and a Twitter account, I would have laughed at you. At that point I was still a reader of blogs and various websites, a lurker if you will, with no real interest in having one of my own. And I could not figure out why anyone would want to "Tweet." I mean, who cares what I had for breakfast or what my kids did in school that day?

Little did I know.

Little did I know what amazing friendships I would make. How much I would grow and learn through the experience of having a blog. But honestly, the biggest unexpected joy of getting involved in the blog world is all the social networking that goes on. Enter: Twitter.

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Fingerprint Friday: The Right Words At The Right Time

By MAD21

This was a stressful week for our family. It started out with hurt feelings. Soon followed by angry words, some crying, more words, and more crying. It's never a good way to start a week.

However, within this rush of emotions and hurtful words was also a huge opportunity to grow, for both my kids and myself. It provided a time when we could all talk about why it's so important to love and respect each other. An opportunity for us to talk about how the words made each of us feel, and how God feels when we hurt each other.

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Fingerprint Friday: Waiting Rooms

By MAD21

I recently went to a doctor's appointment with a close friend of mine. As I was in the waiting room waiting for her to come back out, I was reading a devotional book, along with a small pocket Bible, I had brought with me to read and pass the time.

I have to say my time in the waiting room was actually quite funny. There were a lot of elderly people coming and going, and their comments to each other were hilarious. But in the end it was just me and another older gentleman sitting across from me. As I sat quietly reading for several minutes, he asked me if I was carrying a Bible. I said, "Yes." He then went into a pretty great discussion about how much he loved God and his church. He'd said he had a really good relationship with his pastor and that they were "great buddies." I agreed that it was so important. I told him, "I am a mom of two little kids. I dont' know what I'd do without God."

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