Families Support Each Other

Families Support Each Other

1 Comment January 8, AD 2014 | Julie Machado

A man shared with me recently that at his swimming competitions when he was a little boy, he would watch his teammate embrace his coach at the end of competitions and think of his own father. Although his father never went to his swimming competitions (only his mother), the image of his teammate embracing his coach at the end and his own father’s absence has always remained with him.

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http://www.ignitumtoday.com/2014/01/08/families-support-each-other/

Family Established sign

Here's how I made our family established sign: 

I painted a gray base of paint on the size board I wanted:  

Let it dry. Then I painted brown over the gray: 

Let that dry too. Then I sanded the brown with sandpaper, so that the grey showed up in a "rustic" way: 

And finally, I traced over the letters I printed out from Microsoft word with a ballpoint pen. Then I painted in the letter outlines I could see in the wood. 

And I displayed it with pride! My initial plan was to nail coat hangers at the bottom of the board. But since we don't want to make such permanent holes in the wall of our rental apartment, that step is on standby for a while...

Pancakes for two

My sister shared with me the amazingly simple secret to fluffy pancakes: whipped egg whites. I whipped just one egg white with our normal recipe (substitute whipped egg whites for eggs in recipe) and we had the fluffiest, yummiest pancakes for two... with whipped cream and strawberries! Plus, the chocolate chiffon cake I made for yesterday for New Year's Eve. The best breakfast to start the year off right...

Goodbye 2013

2013 was a trying and beautiful, nervous and peaceful, wonderful year for me. So far, the most important year of my life. 

Here is a favorite post from each month: 

January favorite post

February favorite post

March favorite post

April favorite post

May favorite post

June favorite post

July favorite post

August: No posts (I was suffering through pregnancy nauseousness and on vacation without internet)

September favorite post

October favorite post

November favorite post

December favorite post

...Goodbye 2013 and may my 2014 and yours be full of God's blessings, even amist the tribulation that might come!

Pregnancy blessing

We went to a Christmas blessing for pregnant women, with Portugal's patriarch bishop! It was super exciting. Christmas is an exciting time to be pregnant. 

There he is! Giving us the blessing... Dom Manuel Clemente.