A Prayer for Your Children and Grandchildren … if You Dare

By Barbara Rainey | June 6, 2022 | 3 Comments

In my seminary class on the doctrines of our faith, our professor Dr. John Hannah told a story of how he prayed for his girls when they were growing up. “I used to pray for their safety and their protection,” he said. “Then one day I realized what God would have me pray is for […]

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Friends & Family May 2022

By Barbara Rainey | May 25, 2022 | 0 Comments

Has May become like December for you, too? When our kids were in school I discovered that both months feature packed schedules. Extra events times six (surrounding the end of the school year and then high school graduations) made May on par with December. So this month’s letter will be a small photo album because […]

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I’ve Been Waiting to Tell you….

By Barbara Rainey | September 25, 2018 | 0 Comments

Waiting can make things sweeter, though we don’t usually choose it. The birth of Jesus was a very LONG time coming, but “in the fullness of time” was the perfect moment. So today is the day for two pieces of good news! Since last spring I’ve been wanting to make this big announcement but the […]

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3 Words of Wisdom I Gave My Grandson Before College

By Barbara Rainey | August 30, 2018 | 8 Comments

I have no idea how this happened, but somehow our first grandchild grew up and is now headed to college. Dennis and I drove to Conway and met him for lunch on Tuesday last week. We’ve never had this much time with just him…ever! We talked about his dorm, his roommate he has not yet […]

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Sometimes I Feel Like My Granddaughter Annabelle

By Barbara Rainey | August 23, 2018 | 7 Comments

A week ago I hopped in the car with my daughter-in-law Marsha Kay and granddaughters Annabelle and Katie for a quick trip to Annabelle’s elementary school to see who her fifth grade teacher was. And of course she was eager to see which of her friends was in her class. In her cute new purple […]

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