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Get Recharged
Recently, I went to use my dustbuster to clean up a mess on the kitchen floor. And while it’s a fairly new and powerful handheld vacuum,...

Melanie Boutiette
Jan 31, 20232 min read


New Beginnings
Are you in need of a new beginning? Maybe you want a change in your relationship, a career change, or a lifestyle change. Sometimes life...

Melanie Boutiette
Jan 14, 20232 min read


New Year-Better Resolutions
Every New Year, I like many people, like to look back at the previous year, while looking ahead at the upcoming year. It’s good to...

Melanie Boutiette
Jan 7, 20233 min read


A Different Christmas
This year, I was excited to celebrate the Christmas season and holiday with all its festivities. Especially now that our world had opened...

Melanie Boutiette
Dec 31, 20223 min read


O Come Emmanuel
As we partake of the Christmas season and embrace all the beauty that this time holds, a favorite holiday tradition is singing the...

Melanie Boutiette
Dec 9, 20222 min read


Changing Seasons
As the fall season truly begins to unfurl her canopy of colors in the variety of trees, I’m once again in awe of God’s beauty displayed....

Melanie Boutiette
Nov 12, 20222 min read


Lessons From The Little Lambs
A number of years ago, we owned a pair of lambs we had purchased off a farmer when Nicole was just in kindergarten. These little babies...

Melanie Boutiette
Oct 1, 20223 min read


I've Fallen And I CAN Get Up
I should have been at the beach this past week on a long-awaited girls’ trip with my sister and her best friend. A sort of healing and...

Melanie Boutiette
Aug 21, 20226 min read


Resting In God
Rest. Over the years, and the older I’ve grown, that simple, little, word has taken on a whole new meaning. As a child, I hated taking...

Melanie Boutiette
Jul 16, 20224 min read


Freedom
I love the celebration of the 4th of July. This year we had an ongoing, evolving party and celebration throughout the day. First, a group...

Melanie Boutiette
Jul 9, 20223 min read


Spring Cleaning
I’ve started spring cleaning. It’s easy to accumulate too much stuff. Before long, the possessions can overrun your home, or the clutter...

Melanie Boutiette
May 31, 20223 min read


Comforter
What is it about lying in bed wrapped up in a heavy quilt or layers of blankets that brings such comfort? Some people even purchase...

Melanie Boutiette
May 21, 20223 min read


What's In A Name?
What’s in a name; what does it mean? Naming a child or person often denotes something of their identity, character, or nature. It’s...

Melanie Boutiette
May 4, 20224 min read


All Creation
All creation was made to worship You. It was made to declare Your majesty. The trees raise their branches like arms in glorious...

Melanie Boutiette
Apr 27, 20222 min read


Marks Of The Cross
Her voice seemed to quiver on the other end of the telephone as she stated, “I won't be able to join you and the rest of our friends for...

Melanie Boutiette
Apr 20, 20223 min read


Leave Every Negative Thought: L.E.N.T. Embrace JOY!
We’re just five weeks into LENT in preparation for passion week and everything our Savior would suffer for us to bring us life. Five...

Melanie Boutiette
Apr 9, 20224 min read


Costly Worship
Six days before Passover, Jesus gathered for a dinner with his disciples and others in Bethany. Lazarus, recently raised from death, was...

Melanie Boutiette
Mar 29, 20225 min read


A Season Of Lent
As we are in a season of Lent, I’m learning more about this time from the faith of others and especially my Catholic brothers and...

Melanie Boutiette
Mar 16, 20223 min read


Trying Days And Lasting Peace
These are such sobering and trying days we find ourselves living in. Turn on the nightly news and it just seems like the world continues...

Melanie Boutiette
Mar 2, 20223 min read


I Am An Olympic Champion
What so few of you know about me is that I am a winter Olympian this year. I not only qualified, I made the team! Well, my own team that...

Melanie Boutiette
Feb 16, 20223 min read
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