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Are You Seriously This Great?? My Favorite People to Be Around
It would be too easy to say “my family,” because truly, they are my favorite people to be around! So, I’ll speak about a group of people who blew my mind by being who they are. I wasn’t a Christian in my teens, twenties, and even most of my thirties. That’s just not how I…
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Perpetuating a Cycle That I Would Break
I’m not sharing this to put down my parents, but rather to show that hope and love can break harmful generational cycles. At my age (over 40), my parents were not doing well. My biological father had abandoned me as a baby. He was right at age 40 when I was born, and he left…
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Sharing the Gospel at Life’s End
warning… ⚠️complexities _ahead My stepfather, who is 86 years old, is now at home with the same issues. Issues that his doctors say he will not recover from. He has a collapsed lung, several heart problems, and trouble breathing. I asked a friend of mine, who is a nurse, why they would send him home…
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Cold Winter Day Chat
Generator: full_throttleB-b-b-r-r-r ❄️activate/HEAT The world is a snowy wonderland :-] We’re warm in the shelter of our home, thanks to God. I’m not sure if we’re going to preschool today ~ I’ll have to finish my coffee and see. If we do go, I might take a different route. There’s a road with a much…
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My Week of Radical Optimism
engaging : trustdelete_file / worryall_systems_go I’m going through a difficult time in my life, where PMDD has met perimenopause in a battle for my soul. Dramatic. But it feels that way sometimes. I made the mistake of being sedentary for a while, because my shoulders and neck decided to have a painful cramp that lasted…
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From Diapers to Dreams: Reclaiming My Hobbies After the Toddler Phase
Today, I get some time to myself, and it’s in these moments that I wonder: Who am I when I’m not a mom? The role of a mother has been all-consuming for me, and that has been totally by choice. This wonderful experience has been the most amazing I’ve had in my entire life! The…
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A Most Beautiful Day
Today, self-care looks like opening all the windows and letting the sunshine in. It’s a beautiful day. Blue sky, no clouds. Fresh air flowing into every room. The rustle of dried leaves announcing the official start of autumn. A couple of playful blue jays came to visit earlier, with plump bellies and bright blue feathers.…
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Look To The Sky Today
Look to the sky and see something new today. There is newness in every day and that’s amazing! Don’t look down at the phone. Look up at the sky. That’s where you’ll find joy. Sincerely, Dear Quiet
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Spiritual Gifts: Morning Thoughts on 1 Corinthians 12
I always squirm in my seat a little when the spiritual gifts are mentioned. It makes me feel like everyone else has their show-and-tell project ready, but not me. I tend to think of the spiritual gifts as someone’s “thing.” You know, like when one of your friend’s “thing” is singing, and the other has…
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What I Found in 1 Corinthians 7:30-31 Was Exactly What I Needed
The past couple of days, I’ve been asking myself how I should be living my days. It’s so easy to go on autopilot and let the hours slip by, the days go in a rush, then suddenly it’s mid-month. Not in July like you assumed but in September. Do you know the feeling? If you…
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