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    On Gardening and Toddlerhood *Updated!*
    Amanda
    • Jun 20, 2018
    • 7 min

    On Gardening and Toddlerhood *Updated!*

    "Someday we will both get a place of our own. And we will plant our gardens and eat from it!" She said, with stars in her eyes - a glimmer of the hope we both held onto. We were chatting as our littles played on the playground after church one morning. Both in a very similar place of being nomads, living with other people after having lived out of suitcases and boxes. "Yesssss. I want to have a house of our own. I want to plant a garden. It's going to happen. I'm claiming it.
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    Do Australians Speak English?
    Amanda Batterson
    • Sep 15, 2017
    • 4 min

    Do Australians Speak English?

    Aussies like to shorten their words. A lot. A little glimpse into our first few months of learning to speak Australian.
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    On Mandrakes, Harry Potter & Transplanting
    Amanda Batterson
    • Jun 16, 2017
    • 5 min

    On Mandrakes, Harry Potter & Transplanting

    I have recently had an epiphany of sorts. A most unexpected one. But it's funny how God speaks sometimes. I've realized just how close I am to being a Mandrake (or Mandragora). If you're not a Harry Potter fan, the Mandrake is a plant with a root that looks like a human. I don't see myself as that ugly. It's more about the properties of the Mandrake. :) In their second year at Hogwarts, Harry and the crew learn about Mandrakes during their Herbology class with Professor Spro
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    Neither Here... Nor There
    Amanda
    • May 10, 2017
    • 8 min

    Neither Here... Nor There

    {Alternately Titled: Caught in the In-Between}  I knew it would be hard.  But I never anticipated how hard it would be.  It's not widely
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