When I think about life, sometimes things can seem so dark and stormy and sad, but it’s usually because I am looking at the “gap” instead of the “gain.” I learned about this concept from author Annie Grace; this idea that...
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I have always had the problem of more. If it feels good, I want more of it. If a little is good, a lot MUST be better, right?! It hit me two nights ago while making a smoothie dessert for me and my kids. As I put EXTRA cacao in the blender, capitalization...
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I’ve been reading a really good book lately called The Authenticity Project. In the book, a question is asked, “What is the one thing that defines you, that makes everything else about you fall into place?” I have thought long and hard about this question...
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Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us, there is… A Time for Everything 3 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time...
Read more“My Two Cents” by a Gold Star Spouse on Memorial Day
Sometimes we wear our traumas and tragedies and losses like a badge of honor. Our misery on display for all to see, as if it were some kind of twisted accomplishment. We do not mean to do this. People do not mean to “honor” us like this, for this, and yet,...
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