Skip to content
Instagram Pinterest
  • Home
  • About
71toes
  • Subscribe
  • Blog
  • Parenting
  • Motherhood
  • Marriage
  • Faith
  • Books
  • RecipesExpand
    • Breakfast
    • Entrees
    • Salads
    • Desserts
    • Sides
    • Soups
  • Travel
  • Real Life
71toes

Blindness

a mighty miracle found in a team of helpers
Faith | Parenting

a mighty miracle found in a team of helpers

ByShawni September 20, 2022March 26, 2023

In a discussion with some neighbors the other day we somehow got talking about miracles. We talked about how sometimes we have to recognize the miracles. We have to be…

Read More a mighty miracle found in a team of helpersContinue

the “cane quest” and a labor of love
Faith | Parenting

the “cane quest” and a labor of love

ByShawni March 15, 2022March 26, 2023

I am learning more and more about the “labor” part of the term “labor of love.” Because after we were singing glory hallelujah when Lucy finally accepted the idea to…

Read More the “cane quest” and a labor of loveContinue

one giant step into the great unknown
Real Life

one giant step into the great unknown

ByShawni February 15, 2022May 2, 2023

You know that saying “when one door closes, another one opens”? That happened for us last week. But let me leave you hanging for a minute on that newly open…

Read More one giant step into the great unknownContinue

seeing a world without sight
Books

seeing a world without sight

ByShawni February 18, 2021February 18, 2021

I am so very grateful for the blog reader who shared this book recommendation with me: I don’t know if it would hold the same value to everyone else, but…

Read More seeing a world without sightContinue

baking hurdles and my mom’s pumpkin bread recipe
Recipes

baking hurdles and my mom’s pumpkin bread recipe

ByShawni December 8, 2020April 25, 2023

A few months ago Lucy determined that “bread” is not part of the dessert or candy category (things she decided to give up for 2020), and fell in love with…

Read More baking hurdles and my mom’s pumpkin bread recipeContinue

vision & super senses
Real Life

vision & super senses

ByShawni October 7, 2020May 1, 2023

The school nurse from the junior high asked me to bring Lucy in one morning before school started for her vision check. It was strange to be in that echoy…

Read More vision & super sensesContinue

walking in the dark, and a thank you
Faith

walking in the dark, and a thank you

ByShawni September 29, 2020May 2, 2023

I just wanted to take a minute to send out a heart-felt THANK YOU for those who helped us reach our “Walk4Water” goal a couple weeks ago (HERE). I wasn’t…

Read More walking in the dark, and a thank youContinue

becoming ourselves with tears

becoming ourselves with tears

ByShawni November 12, 2019November 13, 2019

Lucy’s vision is declining rapidly. Sometimes I roll with this realization as it inches more fully into view. I find things to be grateful for and I cherish what vision…

Read More becoming ourselves with tearsContinue

And There was Light
Books

And There was Light

ByShawni September 30, 2019September 29, 2019

Last week I shed some tears over this book: Yep, standing there in my bathroom getting ready for the day, listening to the most beautiful words wash over me from…

Read More And There was LightContinue

© 2023 71toes - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP

Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions

  • Home
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Blog
    • Parenting
    • Motherhood
    • Faith
    • Real Life
    • Recipes
      • Breakfast
      • Entrees
      • Salads
      • Desserts
      • Sides
      • Soups
      • Breads
Search