Posted on February 24, 2019
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I am tired In my flesh Triggered Abandoned Broken-hearted I am resentful Unable to be perfect Unable to arrive Human I am not willing to justify my actions to those who have yet to live anything near the last 35 years of my life…
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Category: Being a Woman, Betrayal, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Lessons Learned, Marriage, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, WisdomTags: Anger, Beginnings, Children, Christianity, church, Daughters, Family, Fathers, Growing up, Husbands, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Motherhood, Parenting, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Sons, Women
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 3, 2019
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Oh, Pappa, this has been a day. One where I had expectations of savored memories in these last precious days before things begin to change in big and permanent ways, only to have nothing turn out as I imagined. First world probs, I know,…
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Category: Faith, Family, God, Grace, motherhood, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Christianity, Family, Growing up, Learning, Love, Motherhood, Prayer, Women
Posted on December 23, 2018
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Christmas is so different now for my family and me than it was just a bit ago. The first year we moved here from Michigan and we saw plastic, light-up snowmen on balmy green lawns, it was somewhat disconcerting. It felt weird to drive…
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Category: Aging, Being a Woman, Family, God, Grace, Growing up, Holidays, motherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Children, Christianity, Daughters, Family, Growing up, Holidays, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Motherhood, Relationships, Sons, 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 October 9, 2018
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My babies are moving out soon. Last year, in October, Hannah moved out, making our nest empty and I was ssstttrrruuugggggggggggllllliiiinnnggg for a minute. Then just as I was deciding this was an okay gig and I began to enjoy my clean home, inviting…
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Category: Faith, Family, God, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Husbands, Marriage, Men, Midlife Crisis, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Relationships, Simplicity, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Babies, Beginnings, Children, Christianity, Daughters, Family, Fathers, Freedom, God, Growing up, Homeschooling, Husbands, Jesus, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Marriage, Memories, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Recovery, Relationships, Sons, Support, Women
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 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
Posted on July 21, 2018
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There is something holy about bringing a new life into this world. The first encounter I had with Him was the moment just before I first met you on the outside. You were all beautiful, pink, squishy and seemingly perfect. He was all love,…
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Category: Family, God, Grace, Growing up, Lessons Learned, motherhood, Parenthood, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, WisdomTags: Birthdays, Children, Christianity, Family, Growing up, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Motherhood, Relationships
Posted on July 5, 2018
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If I could go back and do it all again -or maybe just parts of it… I would honor who He made you to be more than forcibly attempting to mold you into who I thought you should become. I would listen more with…
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Category: Aging, Being a Woman, blended families, Confessions, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Growing up, Holidays, Lessons Learned, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Prayer, Relationships, stepparents, WisdomTags: Beginnings, Children, Christianity, Daughters, Family, Growing up, Holidays, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Motherhood, Recovery, Relationships, Sons, Women
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