October 30, 2025 – Inside Blumenort

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Family

October 30, 2025November 21, 2025 Jason Toews0Tagged apology, dark past, faith journey, family history, heaven, helping others, lineage, making amends, new creation in Christ, protector role, reunion in heaven, unconditional love

They say you can pick your friends but you can’t pick your family. I didn’t meet or see my bio father until I was 50 years old – he was in jail when I was born… in regards to my bio mother – I only saw her once or twice perhaps while she held me. […]

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Small Town Living

October 30, 2025November 21, 2025 Jason Toews0Tagged Arcade Games, Blumenort, Blumenort Community Church, Burying Parents, Childhood Memories, Community, Dairy Capital, DOS, Emotional Walls, Family Loss, Floppy Disks, Gravel Pit, Greasy Spoon, Grief, Grunthal, Hometown Grill, Introversion, Looking Out For Each Other, Manitoba, Nostalgia, Optimism, Payloader, Rural Life, Small Town Living, Small Town Values

I grew up just outside Grunthal, so I’m used to living in (or near) a small town. As I get older, I don’t think I’d have it any other way. Small towns are beautiful – the image on this post is from the edge of town. I’m not a relationship person the way some people […]