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
by Tricia
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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 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
Posted on January 4, 2018
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I suppose that since it’s a brand new year, I should write the proverbial New Year’s Resolution blog post. I’m one of those middle of the road peeps. I see some value in setting a public goal because then we’re accountable to ourselves and…
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Category: Being a Woman, Confessions, Disenfranchised, Ethnic Equality, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Health, Holidays, Husbands, Lessons Learned, Marginalized, Marriage, Parenting, Racial Reconciliation, Relationships, Simplicity, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Babies, Beginnings, Character, Children, Christianity, church, Confession, Diet, Family, Freedom, God, Growing up, Health, Holidays, Husbands, Jesus, Justice, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Marriage, Men, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Respect, Support, Women
Posted on December 31, 2015
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As I look out my window at the last sunrise of the year, I can’t help but think of all of the good stuff of 2015 – and, of course, some of the bad stuff of 2015, that I want to change…
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Category: Aging, Being a Woman, God, Grace, Grief, Holidays, Lessons Learned, Relationships, ThankfulnessTags: authenticity, Children, Christianity, Emotional Health, Family, Friendship, God, Holidays, Love, Mental Health, Prayer, Priorities, Relationships, Self-Discovery, Submitting to God, Women
Posted on November 23, 2014
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Typically coming into one’s own is thought to happen sometime in one’s early 20’s. We leave the secure (or often unsecure) nest of our parents. We see that other people live differently, the world is a big amazing place and we shift our way…
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Category: Family, RelationshipsTags: accountability, Aging, authenticity, Betrayal, Boundaries, Character, Childhood, Children, Christianity, Emotional Health, Family, Friendship, Gatherings, Holidays, Love, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Perseverance, Priorities, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Discovery, Siblings, Submitting to God, Traditions
Posted on May 10, 2014
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Or is it?…. Not for everyone. Some moms are geographically or emotionally far from their children. Some have lost their children – in death, by estrangement, to others. Some have not been able to conceive, don’t feel called to adopt or simply don’t choose…
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Category: RelationshipsTags: Aunts, Boundaries, Childhood, Children, Christianity, church, Daughters, Emotional Health, Family, Friendship, God, Holidays, Love, Memories, Motherhood, Parenting, Relationships, Sisters, Traditions, Women
Posted on April 19, 2014
by Tricia
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Yesterday was Good Friday. My Honey and I went to church with some of our kiddos, then we grabbed a bite to eat before going to a really late showing of “God’s Not Dead” at the theatre. I was determined to get in touch…
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Category: God, RelationshipsTags: Character, Childhood, Children, Christianity, church, Daughters, Family, Gatherings, Holidays, Love, Mentoring, Motherhood, Parenting, Perseverance, Prayer, Priorities, Relationships, Sin, Submitting to God, Women, Work
Posted on January 4, 2014
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Each year on New Year’s Day we take our family out to a movie and then we go out for Chinese food. This tradition began when our oldest two were just 3 years old. We either had them on Christmas Day or New Year’s…
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