Looking Up Blog | Janet McHenry

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On Counting Things

My dad was a man of numbers. After church I could ask him, “How many today, Dad?” And he’d tell you the exact number of people in worship...

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Avoiding Surgery

When I walked into the office at Loyalton High, where I worked, I was surprised to see that our son Josh hadn’t signed up for his second...

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Cheek Turning

How long have you lived in your house? This year will mark FORTY years that we’ve lived in our home. Can you believe that? It seems...

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Muddy Boots

I have a cousin Roger, who used travel from the central coastal area of California to our family home south of Sacramento to go duck...

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Places I've Been and Glories Seen

I was just thinking of glorious wonder moments from our travels across this country: – Grand Canyon: the shadows and light that chase...

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Mercy Me

I think I first understood the concept of mercy the last week of my high school chemistry class. From the first day of that class I hated...

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When Your Plans get Sidetracked

When I got my teaching credential years ago, I never pictured myself teaching elementary school students. However, that’s what happened...

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Feeling Rammed with Finances?

Years ago when Craig proposed to me, I was a senior in college, and he was a first-year law school student. One of the crazy, random...

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Hearing Better in 2021

“She has a mind of her own.” That was what I heard my mom say about me as a child. And what does that mean? At the best, determined,...