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Manna for Today {The Glorious Table}

17 Wednesday Feb 2021

Posted by Brooke Fradd in God's hand, inspiration, The Glorious Table

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covid-19, daily bread, The Glorious Table, wisdom

“But I have food! I have food!!” the starving man cried. His fate had been sealed. Tears sprang to my eyes as I watched. While the man’s story was not meant to be a parable, I couldn’t help but relate to his struggle.

My husband and I started watching the show Alone at the beginning of the COVID-19 shutdown. Allowed only a few essentials, contestants work to survive by themselves in the wilderness, hoping to outlast their competitors. The scenery was what first attracted us, but we found a kinship with the contestants when the governor issued safer-at-home order for our state.

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{The Glorious Table} He Walks With Us

14 Wednesday Oct 2020

Posted by Brooke Fradd in daily thanks, God's hand, inspiration, The Glorious Table, travel

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Bible, covid-19, hiking, mountains, scripture, travel, west highland way

Lately, rather than being jealous of the highlight reels others share on social media, I’ve been jealous of my own. Memories of the adventures I shared with my husband in the pre-COVID-19 world brought me to tears. I had a dream, set a goal, and knocked it out of the park. Will I ever be able to reach that level of joy again?

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Something Good: August Edition

25 Tuesday Aug 2020

Posted by Brooke Fradd in book review, family, link-ups, Monthly Review

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books, concerts, covid-19, family, fiction, hiking, non-fiction, planning, reading, travel

As the month of August winds to a close, I’m once again joining Heather as she hosts her Share Four Somethings monthly link-up. We’re plugging through 2020, one month at a time. As the saying goes:

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Finding Progress in Uncertainty

07 Friday Aug 2020

Posted by Brooke Fradd in God's hand, healthy living, link-ups, race report, stream of consciousness, training

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2020, bullet journal, covid-19, free-writing, habit tracker, hiking, progress, racing, running, writing

The training looks a bit different for me these days. In the past, I researched and implemented training plans for whatever upcoming race looked interesting for me. Hal Higdon tended to be my go-to for effective (and free!) plans. As I progressed through the plan, I marked off each exercise, each week, building my weekly mileage until race week.

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Somethings Special About July

26 Sunday Jul 2020

Posted by Brooke Fradd in healthy living, link-ups, Monthly Review, read along, training, training tuesday

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binge worthy, books, covid-19, four somethings, international travel, july, library, link-up, plans, preparedness, reading, travel, tv, west highland way

Sometimes finding the beauty in the ordinary can be difficult. This year is certainly no exception. Sharing what I’ve loved, read, treasure, and what is ahead helps me reframe the month, to see the beauty I may have missed.  Heather hosts her Share Four Somethings link-up and I love the motivation to look back. Sometimes I have to dig deep to find the good, and those months I appreciate this discipline.  

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