Posted on February 10, 2019
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
– Henry Ford
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Category: Confessions, Faith, Family, Fathers, God, Gossip, Grace, Growing up, Health, Husbands, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Men, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Relationships, Simplicity, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Brothers, Character, Children, Christianity, Confession, Daughters, Family, Fathers, Freedom, Friendship, God, Growing up, Health, Husbands, Jesus, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Marriage, Memories, Men, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Respect, Sisters, Sons, Support, Women
Posted on February 7, 2019
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Sometimes I turn the simplest, most needed act of love and relationship into a demanding drudgery. Other times, I listen.
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Category: Confessions, Faith, Fathers, God, Grace, Growing up, Lessons Learned, Prayer, Relationships, Simplicity, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Christianity, Growing up, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Posted on December 30, 2018
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gifts This morning I awoke earlier than usual, which was okay because my Honey is feeling extra yucky and is playing guitar with our son, Aaron, this morning at our Central campus (church) at 7:00 a.m., so I was able to make him a…
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Category: Faith, Family, God, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Health, Husbands, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Relationships, Simplicity, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Anger, Cancer, Children, Christianity, church, Daughters, Emotional Health, Family, Grief, Growing up, Health, Learning, Life Lessons, listening, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Recovery, Relationships, Sons, Teaching, Women
Posted on October 22, 2018
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the good stuff that rare moment when no one has anything pressing not an appointment to go to not an assignment due anytime soon not a work meeting not a repair that can’t wait when the weather is perfect not too chilly not too…
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Category: Family, God, Health, Lessons Learned, Marriage, motherhood, Relationships, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Children, Christianity, Family, Health, Holidays, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Motherhood, Relationships
Posted on September 20, 2018
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I have spent a decade recovering from my husband’s betrayal. I often refer to that event as the beginning of great change in my entire family’s lives. Betrayals in marriage make others uncomfortable. Some of our closest family members have created distance between…
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Category: Abuse, Being a Woman, Betrayal, Confessions, divorce, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Grief, Health, Husbands, Infidelity, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Midlife Crisis, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Children, Christianity, church, Family, Health, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Posted on August 21, 2018
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A (n unkind) gesture A package The scab is peeled off The heartbreak Attempted stuffing The dam is open wide The listening The comfort My heart begins to fill Some memories Rich laughter The wound begins to heal More laughter More…
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Category: Betrayal, Faith, Family, God, Grief, Growing up, Lessons Learned, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Brothers, Children, Christianity, Daughters, Family, Growing up, Justice, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Sons
Posted on August 19, 2018
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sometimes the people that were supposed to love you endlessly without condition, love you as best they can and hurt you deeply because they are only able to operate out of their brokenness and pride. eventually this feels like they don’t really love you…
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Category: Betrayal, Faith, Family, God, Grief, Growing up, Lessons Learned, motherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, WisdomTags: Anger, Brothers, Christianity, Daughters, Family, Growing up, Health, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Posted on August 3, 2018
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I have been trying to make truly yummy gluten free banana walnut muffins for YEARS! It seems like each time I try a recipe online, it is way too wet, way too dry or lacks flavor. I recently signed up to make treats for …
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Posted on July 30, 2018
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I’ve struggled for years with feeling shame for feeling pain at the lack of everything I received when I needed everything the most. Compared to so many others my neglect was minimal. The emotional abuse was a blip compared to the sexual and…
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Category: Confessions, Faith, Family, Fathers, God, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Health, Lessons Learned, Relationships, Simplicity, Spiritual Growth & Health, WisdomTags: Anger, Beginnings, Character, Children, Christianity, church, Confession, Daughters, Family, Fathers, Freedom, Friendship, God, Growing up, Health, Jesus, Justice, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Marriage, Memories, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Recovery, Relationships, Sons, Support, Women
Posted on July 25, 2018
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Every family has them, right? It’s just how things happen in this American culture, especially in the generation before mine, which I often call the “sweep it all under the rug” generation.
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Category: Being a Woman, Betrayal, Confessions, divorce, Faith, Family, Fathers, God, Gossip, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Husbands, Infidelity, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Men, Midlife Crisis, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Prayer, Relationships, remarriage, Spiritual Growth & Health, stepparents, WisdomTags: Abortion, Aging, Anger, Babies, Beginnings, Character, Children, Christianity, Confession, courage, Daughters, divorce, Family, Fathers, Freedom, Friendship, God, Gossip, Grace, Growing up, Growth, heartbreak, Husbands, Jesus, Justice, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Marriage, Memories, Men, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Respect, Siblings, Sin, Sisters, Sons, Support, Tragedy, Women
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