THIS LIFE I LIVE
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homestead tennessee (opens the original)
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girls gone wilder (opens the original)
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Three states in three days.Not that big of a feat when you’re driving through in a car, but to have three wonderful experiences in three different states in three days is a bit more memorable.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="844" src="https://
Homemakers (opens the original)
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At the end of the month, we’re moving back home to Tennessee. By the time we head back, we will have been here in Waco, Texas for 8 months. Going back home this soon wasn’t our plan, but isn’t that how it always works? Right about the time you say one thing, you find yourself doing something else. In a post I made a month or so back, my guess was that we’d probably be here in Texas for most of the rest of this year. But during my time in South Africa, something in my heart began feeling differen
happy days (opens the original)
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I made a new friend while I was in South Africa. Actually, I made lots of new friends while there. Individuals and families that I treasured getting to know, and look forward to hopefully seeing again one day soon. But one new friend in particular stuck out to me. His name is Tadei, but people call him Days. <d
cape fear (opens the original)
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“What did he want?” I asked Caleb as we were walking away from the car and towards the restaurant, just after we’d parked. A homeless-looking black man with a pit bull on a leash had approached him as soon as we’d stepped out of the car.“He wants us to pay him to protect the car”, he said. “I told him I’d give him ten rand (South African currency).”I asked Caleb if that was normal, and he told me that it was. And then I asked what happens if you don’t pay him. “He’ll break into the car and rob y
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