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Perfect Timing

Posted on August 29, 2023September 2, 2023 by Eve

This last month, I discovered a swallowtail caterpillar residing in one of my celery plants. The large caterpillar seemed to appear out of nowhere. Curious, I researched the image to discover it would be a Eastern Black Swallowtail. I rigged up a gallon-sized jar with a net over it and dug up a celery plant Read More

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Hope in Light

Posted on July 14, 2023July 16, 2023 by Eve

We were recently at Meramec State Park, not far from Sullivan, MO about an hour from St. Louis. We enjoyed a Macy Family reunion with several activities. One of my favorite activities was a visit to a free cave not long from our cabin. My folks joined my husband and I and our two oldest Read More

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Labor Pains

Posted on July 6, 2023July 7, 2023 by Eve

When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will Read More

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Joy in Pain

Posted on June 27, 2023June 28, 2023 by Eve

Those with any kind of pain in their body may recognize when storm systems are arriving within a day or two. I have experienced this phenomenon in various ways from joint and muscle pain to strange quirks such as pressures or tingling in my brain I can’t explain. Over the years I’ve picked up on Read More

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Legacy, too.

Posted on June 2, 2023June 3, 2023 by Eve

After re-reading my Legacy post, I reflected on my other grandparents, and feel the need to pay honor to them, too! Both sets of grandparents are very different from each other, and yet similar in their faith. Grandpa and Grandma Macy lived on a farm much of my earlier years. I have memories of gathering Read More

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