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I Wish I Had It All Together, But I’m Glad I Don’t
Do you ever feel like the YOU you want to be is just out of reach? Like you finally have everything just how you want it in life and then it slips out of your fingers as smoothly as a … Continue reading
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Seasons
Growing up on an island has limited my exposure to seasonal change. The knowledge I have about seasons has been gleaned from pictures, films, and the occasional visit to a different state or country. I suppose I have a fairly romanticized … Continue reading
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Little Me in a Big, Big World
It’s funny what running a new business can do to you. It can suddenly make you aware of the idiosyncrasies of human nature that were previously overlooked. For instance, EVERYONE is social networking ALL the time, right? So promoting your … Continue reading
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Some Thoughts Throughout the Day
Wake up. A shooting in Germany. Oh! gotta go start laundry and breakfast. Read that in 1977 and 1996 there were plans to build hurricane barriers and improve the levees in New Orleans but these were thwarted by the EPA. … Continue reading
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Discipline: The other side of love
I am the mother of a toddler. Does that bring visions of dramatic meltdowns when the hot stove is declared off limits? Or wrestling matches on the changing table? Or high-pitched screams when the washcloth appears after mealtime? If so, … Continue reading
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Buffeted
The winds are hurricane strength. The rain slices like knives across my weary soul. The flood waters are so high they hit my nostrils if I stop to take a breath. I am shaking from exhaustion and want…to…simply…succumb. Is it … Continue reading
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It’s not been an easy week
Night has come upon this Tuesday and tucked the sun in bed. I have a few moments all to myself and I am reflecting on the past week. I don’t know about you but sometimes life just doesn’t go the … Continue reading
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Exchanging Patriotism for Politics
Call me naïve, outdated, old-fashioned, nothing but a housewife, but I honestly think that in the chaos of politics we have lost sight of what matters most to citizenry: patriotism. I doubt that kids these days could even define patriotism, … Continue reading
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A Hobbit Kind of Friend
I think I am a hobbit in disguise. I enjoy cozy, treasure my books, don’t mind working second breakfasts and cups of tea into my schedule, and find great joy in flourishing flower gardens. But more than all of that, I … Continue reading
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Hidden Mercies
It’s raining today. Thunder and lightning too. When the house trembled from one particularly loud peal, I thought of that terrible day many, many years ago. The day that my Creator died. The Bible tells us that as Jesus hung … Continue reading
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