Sandy Fetch

Mostly just over here trying to love God and love others. Always learning, hopefully growing. Thankful for grace.

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@TiffaniMarie483 So many of these comments make me sad! I think it's beautiful that you are bringing another child into the world! We had five kids so there was always room sharing. Makes for great memories! I say bunk beds will work just fine. God bless you!

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@UndertheSkyBlog @MrsCMFrancis This was my thought, too! I have five kids that I homeschooled. I definitely had to learn early on to be comfortable as a weirdo 😂

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Also, are we using terminal periods on posts? I know they are seen as aggressive in a text, but I don't know how they are received here. If anyone ever sees this, be sure to let me know what you think! (An exclamation point is surely not perceived as aggressive, right?)

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Since I'm here and no one is listening, I think I just share random things I think about. Sharing a good idea/use of an item found at Dollar Tree is NOT a hack. It's simply a good idea.

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@jjoynerwriter Well, hellllooooooo 👋🏻

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Also, I've realized no one actually sees my posts here so I am just going to keep shouting into the void

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Can we just stop with the sinks in an island?? Who came up with this dumb idea and why is it still the thing to do??

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@TatianaL1992 @Momsplaining101 Awww poor little one! My son and his wife just had a baby and have that little nail file set. Glad to know it works well!

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I'm a talker and I love connecting with people. Originally, I thought texting was so great as a tool to connect. I'd happily talk on the phone, but people seem to prefer texts. So I text to connect. And get a thumbs up emoji. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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@Momsplaining101 Lol!

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@sweatystartup I'm thankful I heeded this advice from older people when I was young. We have five kids and yesterday became grandparents. I'm 50 years old. It's been a beautiful life so far!

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@9mmsmg I agree. I just skip ahead. I've never watched a movie where skipping through a sex scene left me confused or questioning the movie plot. It's not needed

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@MattLeinartQB The relationship with adult kids is so great! It's tempting to miss the old times, but what's ahead will be special. Trust me, he will be calling with questions because you couldn't possibly have prepared him for everything. And it'll warm your heart. Hang in there!

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@CryptidPolitics @MattLeinartQB This is our life. We have five kids, four of whom are grown. We have great relationships with them all because of so many years of spending a lot of time together. I'm so grateful!

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The English nerd in me just geeked out

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Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable, but VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable.

"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”

🧵⬇️

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@AttorneyF_ This is beautifully and brilliantly written. Merry Christmas!

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Absolutely beautiful. Absolutely true.

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I went back to Luke this morning just to revisit the story of Christmas… and Luke 2:7 hit me like an arrow to the chest:

“She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn.”

We romanticize that line so much that we forget how brutal it actually is. If the gospel narrative is true, then that’s not a cute nativity detail. That is the most explosive statement in human history.

The God who created galaxies entered His own creation… and there was no room for Him.

No royal welcome, no palace, no safety, no honor, not even a bed. He comes into the world He made, and the doors are closed in His face.

This is the single greatest scandal of Christianity: God doesn’t supervise salvation from a throne. He steps into it. He doesn’t arrive in glory. He arrives vulnerable. He doesn’t come intimidating humanity into submission. He comes as a child who can’t even hold His own head up. If you were inventing a religion, this is not the story you’d write.

Luke is quietly showing something staggering about God’s character:
He wins, not by force, but by love.
He saves, not by domination, but by self-giving. He comes close, not as a King demanding space, but as a Savior entering even when there is “no room.”

And that manger isn’t sentimental. It’s confrontational.

It confronts our pride, cos humanity has always had space for power, wealth, celebrity, and status… just never space for God unless He serves our plans.

It confronts our illusions of strength cos God is showing that real power isn’t the ability to crush. Real power is the courage to empty yourself for the sake of others.

It confronts religion, cos God bypassed temples and elites and arrived where animals feed… then announced His coming not to emperors, but to shepherds.

Luke 2:7 tells us who God is.

He is not distant, He is not indifferent, He is not cold sovereignty. He is the God who chooses weakness so He can stand with the weak. He is the God who walks into human pain instead of observing it from afar. He is the God who would rather be rejected with us than reign without us.

If this verse is true, Christianity isn’t just another belief system. It’s a radical claim that the deepest power in the universe is love; not might, not fear, not spectacle.

So yes… this verse broke me today.
Because if this is who God is… then hope isn’t sentimental. Grace isn’t theoretical. And Christmas isn’t “cute.”

It’s God stepping into history quietly…
exposing us gently… and saving us completely. Luke 2:7 isn’t a children’s story. It’s a revolution.

Merry Christmas 🎄❤️

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@ITalkWisely @TheRobertBshow Homeschooling actually provides more opportunities for social development. They spend time with people of various ages and in different social settings often.

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@ImJimR87 I'm in my 21st year of homeschooling and down to the last of my five kids. Advice for your daughter: don't try to emulate what the schools are doing. Homeschooling is efficient and the academic part takes a lot less time than you'd expect. So much more time for other pursuits!