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How to Get to the Other Side, No Matter Where You’re Headed
photo by Chesse Hobbs I think it was the exclamation points. There were two. And they came at just the right time. Because the more I dig into this project, the more I find myself face to face with the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Goals, inspiration, Risk, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged achievement, belief, goals, inspiration, risk taking, sports, writing
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How to Know if He’s the One, Even after Two Decades of Life Together
I’d said it with pride, but when he pointed out the truth, my stomach suddenly lurched. “22 years, huh? Why you’re only three years away from your silver wedding anniversary.” Silver Wedding Anniversary? What?! That’s an anniversary for old … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Family Life, humor, inspiration, life lessons, marriage, Uncategorized
Tagged family, happiness, inspiration, life lessons, love, marriage, motherhood
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Lessons Learned from a Ten-Year-Old Entrepreneur
I’ve been a mother for 19 years. Three times I have given birth. Three times I have taught people how to go potty, tie shoes, and trim toenails. Three times I’ve pushed a little girl behind her bike until she … Continue reading
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Tagged children, dreams, family, goals, humor, inspiration, kids, life lessons, motherhood
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The 3 Things that Led Me to Writing
I am participating in the ‘Writing Contest: You Are A Writer’ held by Positive Writer. My journey with writing began with a newborn baby, a bum refrigerator and an accounting error. I was thirty-one years old and I was tired. … Continue reading
Posted in Goals, inspiration, life lessons, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged callings, dreams, family, inspiration, motherhood, writing
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Tiny Seeds And Trust: How A Shift in Thinking Changes Everything
It happens over and over again. I make a decision or goal or what have you and doubt creeps in. I begin to obsess, look ahead, fill my brain with thoughts of negativity. It drowns my hope. So this time … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Goals, God, In the Beginning, inspiration, life lessons, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged dreams, faith, frame of mind, god, hope, inspiration, morning meditations, negativity, prayer journal, writing
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Green Beans, Butter & Fear, or What I’ve Learned from My Dog
It happened again. This time, right in front of my very own eyes, which is a first. Have you no shame, you four-legged thief? Our dog has an obsession and I mean obsession, with butter. I’m just dying to know … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, dogs, family humor, family life, humor, life lessons, pet fashion, pets, puppy breath, sweet puppy
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How to Get What You Want…or Not
As I walk around the house picking up shoes, I have to ask myself; where did I go wrong? Because for 16 years I have asked, pleaded, begged even, for the minors in my home to pick up their shoes … Continue reading
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Tagged children, family, humor, inspiration, life
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To Those Who Push my Buttons, Here’s What I Have to Say
Photo by Leah Jones The Ugly Truth I’m sitting in my room at the Holiday Inn Express in Muncie, IN and all I can think about is this: the big, fat, ugly truth. Which is; I’m mostly all talk and … Continue reading
What is Your Reward?
I’m in the middle of the men’s clothing section, holding a pair of pants with a 50” waist, looking to see if there is a larger size. That’s when it hits me; I cannot not believe I am doing this. … Continue reading
Why I Listen to that Small Voice Inside
I wasn’t sure I wanted to be there. Because Monday had been a little rough. But as I talked it over with God on the way home that day, I’d heard a small voice inside me say, “Go back.” And … Continue reading
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