Snap! Flash! Peek-a-boo! Trying to get all the children and babies to look at the camera was hilarious! Celebrating “Grandma Barclay’s” birthday today, we took gathered all of her great-grandchildren around her as cameras immortalized the moment. 6 great grandchildren and two more to join us next May! We sat and talked while babies were [...]
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The term WALKABOUT was made famous from the movie Crocodile Dundee! Background: Australian: A journey through the wilderness of one’s choosing in an effort to satisfy one’s itchy feet, a need to be elsewhere, the craving for the open road, that space over the horizon… you can’t quite touch it so you have to go [...]
Read More adolescence, Bethany, birthday, Crocodile Dundee, disabilities, downs syndrome, encouragement, family, journey, perspective, special needs, transformation, treasure, tween, tweenerMicah David (Micah- “who is like God?” David- “beloved of God”) 11/11/88 celebrating 23 years on this Veteran’s Day 11/11/11~ you stretched our circle of love! This is the last child that I write a tribute for in 2011. Thanks for bearing with me as I’ve shared my heart about the treasure trove of children the Lord has [...]
Read More birthday, family, humor, Micah, thankfulness, treasure, tribute25 years ago, my little helper, Sarah, (5 at the time) helped me rake for three hours, piling leaves into a huge leaf fort. I was hoping to jump start my labor- since I was 7 days overdue. All I got were blisters and a backache. Out came the heat pad for my back, my feet went up on our ottoman, and we crashed on the couch [...]
Read More birthday, celebrate, children, family, living between the trees, Noah, thankfulness, treasure, treasure tributeAutumn’s Glory begs a road trip! Jeff and I plotted a route and planned a previously undiscovered, unexplored destination: Weston, MO. Co-ordinates were plugged into his I-phone for back-up directions. Our main objective for the day: soak up God’s beauty, take lots of pictures, hold hands, and celebrate his 55th birthday by exploring little shops and dining at O’Malleys Irish Pub. Bearing no [...]
Read More birthday, Cindy, detours, encouragement, inspiration, Jeff, living between the trees, perspective, treasure hunterIf Parenting is comparable to the task of laboring long hours, in blistering heat, during the summertime; then GRANDparenting is like harvesting and enjoying the fruit of your labor in the crisp, cool season of autumn! Children are the reward of our youth but GRANDchildren are the GRAND PRIZE from the hand of the Lord! GRANDchildren are such an unexpected, surprising [...]
Read More birthday, Blessings, Cohen, grandchildren, Grandparent, perspective, thankfulness, treasureBethany “Ann with an e” Barclay (if you’ve read Anne of Green Gables you’ll know why) Bethany means “house” and Anne means “full of God’s grace” God surely chose her name and put it in our hearts~ This picture is Bethany and my brother’s little boy- Jason Charles Benedict. They [...]
Read More Bethany, birthday, celebrate, cell phone, downs syndrome, encouragement, humor, Jason(The fam welcomes Josh- 10 minutes after he’s been born!) Hear ye! Hear ye! Today, the Clan of Barclays celebrate one of our manly treasures: Joshua Charles- meaning “God is my salvation” and Charles (in honor of my Dad) ”a good man”. Josh- Joshie- J-man- Skip- JC- Joshua- these are all the names we call [...]
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