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Awakening Your Sense of Wonder

For Homeschool Moms & Other Parents Janet’s granddaughter, Miranda, insisted she could find stories in the forest one day. Janet spied a glory hole that caused her to think about and turn to God. Children have a keen sense of wonder and so do new believers. Adversity sometimes steals wonder awareness. Or the culprit may […]

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Pumpkin Soup by author Janet Chester Bly

Aunt Judy’s Pumpkin Soup Recipe

AUNT JUDY’S PUMPKIN SOUP Recipe by author Janet Chester Bly The Bly Family & Pumpkin Soup . . .When our family travelled to El Centro, California, to Aunt Judy’s house in 1975 for Thanksgiving dinner, she presented us with a surprise first course:  this pumpkin soup. We discovered quickly that you either love it or […]

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Mystery Meatloaf Recipe

MYSTERY MEATLOAF Recipe by Janet Chester Bly When my sons asked me, “What’s for dinner?”, they gave me that glazed look when I said, “Meatloaf.”  That’s not because they wouldn’t eat it.  It’s because it’s never the same.  They have no idea what it will look like or taste like. Below is the basic recipe […]

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Vanilla Ice Cream by author Janet Chester Bly

The Best Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe (IMHO)

NORA ROSE’S VANILLA ICE CREAM Recipe by Janet Chester Bly This is my family’s and was especially my late hubby’s — absolutely all-time favorite homemade vanilla ice cream.  No other vanilla ice cream measures up, according to the Bly family. It was first introduced to the extended Bly family sometime in the late 1950s by a […]

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