tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243791250317392852012-02-16T08:08:04.523-06:00The adventures and thoughts of a budding historian seeking to glorify Christ.GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-21242739671780655142010-12-10T14:36:00.004-06:002010-12-10T14:59:47.165-06:00

I had no idea how much went into being a mom AND moving to a new place. I was 7 months preggo when I left work, 8 months when we moved, and sweet baby boy arrived exactly on time! Now hubby is finishing up his semester and trying his hardest to get back on track after having to take care of wife and baby for a while. Wow. I think this would be a great time to relate The story. You know, the

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I have actually begun the next section of "Be Fruity", but I thought I would add some video of my recent speaking engagements. On March 23 I was the chapel speaker at my alma mater Judson College in Marion, AL. The night before I was able to speak at the CORE (the weekly student-led worship service) about modern-day slavery. Neither one did I feel I was at my best. However, before and during

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Well, I'm back to being fruity in my posts. : ) I've been looking at Galatians 5:16-26, and the next few verses in this "series" of blog posts make me think of one word: FREEDOM! Let's back up to the beginning of the chapter and add some of the preceding verses.Galatians 5:1, 13-18 (ESV - emphasis added):For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore and do not submit again to the yoke

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I have neglected this blog for too long. However, I do have a good reason. Hubby and I found out we are going to have a baby in August!!! We are so excited. This is our first pregnancy, and everything so far has been great. I really haven't had any morning sickness, but I can not get over the exhaustion. All my mommy friends keep telling me that this will never go away. (great.) The

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As promised here is the next part of what I like to call the "Be Fruity" series. I'm not sure how many parts there will be; I hope several. However, time will tell.: ) Okay, first things first. After reading my initial introduction from the previous post, you have a general overview of each subsequent post. There is so much in this one passage of Scripture that one broad sweep of an explanation

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Through all of life's adventures and pitfalls, every human - in my opinion - has a place inside them that desires all the attention, pity, accolades, and self-martyr encouragement. More to the point, I believe that every human has either a tiny or huge desire for the spotlight. Hubby and I were driving today, and as we made our way on the interstate we fell behind a dump truck with the words "Why

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New Orleans is definitely an interesting place to live. Two of our very dear friends were married on Halloween and had the reception later that night at Mardi Gras World. For those of you unfamiliar with New Orleans, we love to leave monuments for anything our city might be known for. In this case, we have a warehouse which used to house Mardi Gras floats still under construction. Now it

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I hope you got a laugh from that title. No I am not going through THE change (thank goodness), but my life is definitely going through some changes. I would like to ask that you please pray for me as God refines and brings my mind, soul, and body through a process of maturing.I'm beginning to recognize when it is best to keep my mouth shut. (Some of you are laughing at this moment. Stop that.)

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I just found out tonight that a dear friend of our family went home last month. She suffered for years from cancer. When I read the email from her mother, a charming lady - an alumna of Judson, I recognized that many things I have struggled with recently can not compare to the pain of losing a child. Even when that child is no longer in pain, and even though her mother is older than my

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Psalm 77:19, "Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters; yet your footprints were unseen."Our God can walk through the sea like we would walk through a puddle, except He would probably be more graceful. How great is our God!The five things are something I learned from John Maxwell. At a work conference where he was the featured speaker, he talked about how to reach your

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Hey Folks! Okay, so as I was sitting in church today, I suddenly began to think that it is completely possible for me to begin speaking without invitations to speak. Novel idea, huh? I don't mean that I will walk in a church or school some where and just start yelling at everyone. I mean that I can begin speaking at my home church and other places that know and trust me, and while doing that

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Did y'all know that somewhere around 27 million people are enslaved right now? That makes me cringe. Even here in the US people are forced to work and have sex with people who paid as little as $90 for them. The captors threaten the victims' families and everything else the victims hold dear.How dare we allow that in our country. How dare we allow that in our world. How dare we turn away

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If you have seen the 2nd Night at the Museum movie, you totally understand the title. I was reading some John Maxwell again, in Dare to Dream Maxwell quotes Emerson.Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet."This quote intrigues me for a number of reasons. The most basic is that when people begin to think, change happens - be it for the better or

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It seems like forever since I last blogged. A lot of changes have been happening in the W household - all for the better. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to fall into a desperately negative outlook? As I was telling a friend earlier, just think about your thoughts, and you'll see how many of them are not in any way edifying, uplifting, or encouraging to anyone. Something I've really been

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You know, when I think about modern-day slavery, political corruption, murder, credit card fraud, identity theft... I sometimes feel overwhelmed. Do you ever get that feeling of just, I don't know, "fed-up-ness" with everybody outside your inner circle of trusted friends, family, and advisors? Sometimes I just beg God for answers and for His return out of frustration with the state of the world

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Well, I have finally succumbed to another popular trend (blogging being the first). I am now a coffee drinker. However, I am still a baby coffee consumer, so drinking it black or any where close to that is completely out of the question. I have found that cafe au lait (with about six little packets of sugar) is just my style.I have to say this has opened a whole new world for me. I feel like

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My hubby and I have begun a new business, my dream business, while he has just become an insurance agent. One of the reasons he became an insurance agent is because insurance is, supposedly, one of only a few recession-proof careers. The other reason is, as a church planter he may not receive a paycheck that can cover any of our costs as a family. Thus we need jobs to provide for us and our

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I'm talking about me. Not long after publishing the last post I realized how incredibly ungrateful and hard hearted I can be. What a shmuck. God has only commanded a few things of His children, and one of those is to love unconditionally. I shouldn't have shouted my complaints and frustrations to the world. I wanted to delete the last post, but I figured that would be a little dishonest. So

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This week has been incredibly challenging.  I started my new job with high hopes and expectations of a low stress environment and easy-going people.  I'm sure once I get the hang of things the stress will diminish.Let me begin by telling you my schedule for the week.  The other store needed managers this past week on three days - two of which were my days off.  I was asked to work both those days

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Alright, so last time you heard of the "Blog Wars" I was in the heat of battle with a good friend who thought she could beat me with a better blog.  (poor dear.)  Anyway, as life took over, the battle entered a stale-mate - well, at least on her side.  (*sigh*)  And now, as she has moved to a most unfortunate place with no friends and a 4 year old living for each time she may test her parents, my

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Well, from the last post you saw that we opened our business. You know what? That takes time and moo-lah, so I went out job hunting. I am so stoked to be working part time at cache LUXE in the mall. It's always a good thing to have retail in your background! (It makes people think you are good with money, I guess.) I have now developed a stunning wardrobe at less than half the original

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That's right!  For His Name's Sake, L.L.C. has officially, and legally, opened for business!!  My hubby and I are now entrepreneurs!  We received the certification and license in the mail yesterday, and today I received our EIN.  I am WAY stoked.  My personal small business "guru" from the Louisiana Small Business Division Center is going to hook us up with a graphic designer to help us out with

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Many of you probably already know my employment dilemma, but in the words of Ricky Ricardo, let me 'splain.  My whole life I've been taught that getting an education is the way to get a good job.  I know that's true, for the most part, but what people don't tell you is that during a recession, it doesn't matter how much education you have if the money ain't there!  (I'm out of school less than a

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As Jerry Seinfield said in Bee Movie, last night there was "quite a bit of pomp ... under the circumstances."  That's right, folks.   I am officially graduated.  'Nuff said.(I'll add more with some pics later!)

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This is what they did to my room on my b-day!Alright... are you ready for this? That's right. I am now, as of 4pm Friday afternoon, done and done with my THESIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I figured that now I have all this free time I should get on here and let you know what's going on in my life. : )So, the thesis turned out to be 24 pages. (I know a little short, but it's mostly primary research

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I can't even begin to describe how incredibly exhausted I am!  But, just for you, I am going to push through to write this blog post so all may know about my exciting life. : )Okay, Friday's defense comes first.  So the night before my advisor gives me a call to encourage me and to let me know what questions he is going to begin the defense with.  (That isn't cheating, is it?)  Anyway, I think it

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Okay ya'll. Only 6 - that's right - 6 more days until I defend the thesis. And get this, the title I mentioned in a way earlier post, yeah, can't use it. My advisor shot down like five titles so far. But...the defense is coming! And that's what matters. Keep me in your prayers!

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Well, his first hair cut from ME that is!!My poor, sweet Ewok-looking dog had to suffer through about 20-25 minutes of me trying to cut his hair with a set of clippers. Then, I took the scissors to clip the hair around his ears. Poor guy. When I got finished, there was so much hair that it looked like there was a dead animal laying on the counter.But you know, I think I did a pretty good job!

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My husband read a book for class a few semesters ago, I'm sure the title was Back to Jerusalem. Although, I may be getting that wrong. However, what he told me about it really stuck with me. I placed China as next on the country prayer concern, and I remembered this book.Basically, Christ's Kingdom is expanding in China. (Praise God!) The movement among the believers in China is to go back to

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I have been so excited recently about a new friend and mentor, Diane. She is one of the most Godly women I know, and I am so glad that I get to know her. She's been a minister's wife for over 20 years, and she and her husband have been through it all. I won't tell her testimony for her; if you'd like to listen to it, go to her site - http://www.dianenix.com/.She and I talked last week about some

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1Kings 19:2-8Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a

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Yeah!! The first draft of the dreaded Thesis is finished!!!!I now have 20 pages, and the finished version has to be at least 30. It's so short because they expect the majority of your sources to be primary, not secondary. I am so stoked. I had a minor kanip-shun this week when my advisor dropped a deadline bomb on me, but things are starting to look up!!And by the way, he totally was not into the

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A Court of Two Sisters: How Two Women Established the Christian Woman's Exchange as one of the Leading New Orleans Woman's Groups, 1881-1891What do you think?It's my THESIS title!!!!I can't tell you how incredibly stoked I am. (Not that you can't already tell that.) Seriously, those of you that know me, completely know what forming a thesis statement and good title means to me - and to UNO since

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Not the movie - Jesus' mom.On the way home from school tonight, I have no idea why or how I began thinking about this, but I thought about women in the Bible. I suddenly realized that Mary, the woman who gave birth to our Lord and Savior, does not have her own book in the Bible.There are not that many books in the Bible devoted to women. I think that Mary does not have her own book because God

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I can think of no better way to begin a new month than with a laugh. I wish I had a funny story to tell, but I don't.I DO, however, have a two links you should go to that will get you rolling!! I was crying I was laughing so hard!The first is a Youtube video from the Comedy Barn. It's totally clean and fantastically funny.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6wThe second is a woman who jokes

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Do you remember as a kid when your leg would hurt terribly for no reason at all? My parents called them growing pains. I guess they were right; I mean, I am kind of tall for a girl.Anyway, I am undergoing some serious spiritual growing pains right now. I've always heard the phrase, be careful what you wish or ask for because you just might get it. Well, I've prayed for the Lord Almighty to grow

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I was so blessed to attend a conference at the Seminary called Church on Fire led by Dr. Steven Gaines. And by now you should totally know that I can't stand wimpy leaders - women or men, and let me tell you, this guy is no wimp. (Neither is his wife, but she didn't get to talk that much!) He gave us all a good kick in the teeth about a lot of things, and we all needed it. What a blessing.I felt

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At least, I think history is what I do best. I'm getting a Master's degree for it, so I must be decent. (That's right, I said Master's. So you can call me Master Gabrielle beginning on May 15.) What was I blogging about?Oh yeah, history...it's what I do best. :)Okay, so my hubby and I were reading some Scripture tonight that again pointed out to me why I enjoy history so much.In 2 Kings,

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So...thanks for all the encouragement and prayers. Today was sooooo much better than I thought it would be. As I told some of my friends, I was ready to give up last night. Today, I felt only a smidgen better, and I was NOT looking forward to the tasks ahead.But you know what? I was able to finish all my assignments except one, and that one is almost done. I'm still waiting to hear back from

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I've kind of neglected my blog for a little while because of numerous things that I could totally use some prayer for! The 1st draft of my thesis is due before the end of Carnival, and I am so not finished with the research. I feel like I have to wear hip-waders in order for me to be able to get through some of the information. Have you ever sat for three hours straight trying to decipher faded

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There is a web site, http://www.whativaluemost.com/, which shares individual's testimonies about what they valued before meeting our Christ and after. I've just uploaded mine, and it should be ready to view in a few days!I highly encourage anyone who wants to share their testimony to go to this site - especially those who feel they are not well-spoken enough to share their story in person. You

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1 Thessalonians 5:17 "Pray Continuously." (NIV translation)You know what this verse means? PRAY...all the time. I've been lacking in my prayer life for too long, and I have a heart for other countries, as well as my own. So every week I am going to post a different country and different US state for us to pray for. Every day, every week, let's pray for the Christians, politicians,

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-44795804214026035362009-02-12T08:09:00.007-06:002009-02-12T14:19:10.949-06:00

I've discovered a new blog in my blogger wanders, and this one is truly a blessing. It is http://thepreachers-wife.blogspot.com/. There are so many fabulous things I could say about this lady's blog, but there is one aspect that I like the most. The encouragement of deep, meaningful theological discussion. One way she is accomplishing this right now, is the John Piper Spectacular Sins Book

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-26391046614131874782009-02-09T18:26:00.002-06:002009-02-13T07:59:36.425-06:00

If you grew up in church, or joined as a teenager, what was your youth group experience? Was it good, bad, not worth the time you spent there? Sometimes I feel like the last one. While I was in the youth group I thought it was the best thing ever, but as I look back on my time spent in the youth group, all I can think about are the trips I took, games I played, and songs I sang.Youth pastors

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-6774887337573149802009-02-09T18:06:00.007-06:002009-02-13T07:27:42.753-06:00

You know I recently discovered that I've had an issue for a while now with women publically teaching the Word. I was driving down the road listening to a Christian radio station, and a woman came on with "an inspiring word." I immediately turned the station. Why did I do that, I thought to myself. I began to analyze my background and found that I am probably one of the biggest hypocrites

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My husband just came home from the grocery store with a strange look on his face. He went to buy me some chicken noodle soup since I'm not feeling that well. He went on to pull out an eight pack of juice, still with a strange look on his face. He opens up the package, I ask if I may have some, and as I drink he tells me the following story.Today during chapel at the Seminary, the speaker

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-28279898948236666582009-02-05T16:18:00.003-06:002009-02-05T16:27:08.498-06:00

It is time for me to explain the subtle jabs that go back and forth between some of my blogging pals and myself. It's called, the Blog Wars. That's right. We have nothing better to do than sit around and work on our blogs to see whose is the best. (By the way, Leslye, I have a VIDEO on mine - with sound.) It may seem a little ridiculous, but it is a way for us to keep ourselves occupied when

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-75071647338910901672009-02-02T19:40:00.006-06:002009-02-03T18:21:52.911-06:00

So the economy is going down the crapper. (Vulgar phrase rooted in history, I promise!) What does this mean for historians? Well, it means that those historians just entering the field are having a harder time getting a job that pays...or getting a job at all. I am so blessed to have a job in my field right now, but unfortunately it only lasts to the end of February, possibly March. But after

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Living in New Orleans, or just on the outskirts of it, is so much fun. Every couple of months we need an excuse to stay out of work or school, so we have a holiday! There is usually some sort of festival going on too like French Quarter Fest, Jazz Fest, Strawberry Festival, Tomato Festival, etc, etc. Who wouldn't love to live in a place where you can celebrate anything (or everything) at any

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-88297770860437484402009-02-01T14:08:00.006-06:002009-02-01T21:15:44.575-06:00

You know, I whine and vent a lot with this blog, but I truly am a happy person. One of the smallest, yet still important, joys in my life is my little dog. (Cut me some slack - we don't have kids yet, and I don't have that many friends!) Scooter makes me smile every time I see him! Especially when I walk in the door after I've been gone for a while. He runs in circles for a few seconds, then

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-53272801825412652152009-01-29T17:57:00.004-06:002009-01-29T18:07:09.434-06:00

In three weeks, three of our members have gone to be with the Lord. We have lost at least five members since our coming here one year ago. What a time for mournful rejoicing. We are so delighted that they have no more pain and are with Jesus praising Him forever more, but we are sorrowful at their departure.It is natural for us in our human state to want those we care about to be with us. It

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-85120222216762766092009-01-27T21:14:00.005-06:002009-01-29T17:54:47.035-06:00

Okay, back to being semi-serious. What is up with all these "wimpy women" of the faith I've met? My hubby and I lived at the seminary for about 6 months before moving off-campus to the parsonage the church provides for us. While at seminary, it seemed like very few of the women I met wanted to have deep, meaningful conversations about our Lord and Creator, and from what I've heard, it's sort of

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-80118529542107168172009-01-27T19:28:00.004-06:002009-02-03T18:18:05.499-06:00

So I have had the idea about Namesake, Inc. for a while now, but I figured I would share it with the world! As you can see in "About Me" I will graduate with a Master's in History this year. Part of my training has included conducting Oral Histories. Oral History, in a nutshell, is the collection of memories of individuals through interviews. Once the interviews are taken, they are preserved and

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-69545695657749249432009-01-26T09:35:00.003-06:002009-01-26T20:12:24.258-06:00

Acts 16:13-15 (HCSB)"On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the river, where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sate down and spoke to the women gathered there. A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul. After she and her household were

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-44201439463989034622009-01-24T10:19:00.010-06:002009-01-24T11:09:09.909-06:00

You know I am actually quite an agreeable, fun-loving person - so why am I being so serious?! We've had some pretty tough weeks lately. My husband is a pastor, and two people in our congregation passed away last week. That is just a piece of everything going on! Anyway, after publishing my last post, I thought I should introduce something much more light-hearted - my dog Scooter.We got him in

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-62935007998867202992009-01-24T09:30:00.005-06:002009-01-24T10:06:38.519-06:00

One of my husband's and my biggest pet-peeves is the constant use of the so-called "health, wealth, and prosperity gospel." We've known so many people who were looking for a quick-fix miracle cure for their finances, health problems, job issues, etc, etc, and they thought that by saying they believe in God and are "Christians" that He would come down and solve every problem to their liking.Some

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-52307421827052362502009-01-23T21:02:00.006-06:002009-01-24T09:43:19.662-06:00

My heart was broken tonight as I saw on the Yahoo! home page an article about a terrible tragedy about 20 miles outside of Brussels. A young man went into a day care and brutally attacked more than ten people, mostly children. Three died, and the others were taken to the hospital. If you would like to read the whole article go to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090124/ap_on_re_eu/

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-67560465606237112402009-01-21T21:26:00.005-06:002009-01-22T16:29:10.644-06:00

I've finally succombed. I have become a blogger. Thus with this first post, I thought I would explain my title "The King's Historian."The most basic reason is that I am an historian. I study, research, write, and publish history. I am a little lacking on the publishing part, but very soon, the KnowLA on-line encyclopedia will publish an article of mine on the Christian Woman's Exchange (1881-

GiGihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01293096564400621729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224379125031739285.post-70426936026224564172009-01-21T15:26:00.000-06:002009-01-21T22:18:11.887-06:00

I actually sort of began blogging a few weeks ago on my husband's site. If you would like to see the initial post, bearing this title, please go to www.youngsbcpastor.wordpress.com and click on A Word From the Wife.

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