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The Wind’s Work – What Mother Nature Taught Me About Self-Acceptance

May 24, 2019

Today’s my birthday and I happen to have the perfect gift for myself. My gift to myself this year is to put down the chisel. My friend Shannon once [...]

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How I Fight and Win Every Time

May 10, 2019

An obstacle I encounter often came up again this week: Honoring my instincts versus accepting God’s plan. Listening to my G.U.T. (God Uttering Truth) vs. Let Go and Let [...]

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One Post at a Time – Confessions’ 100th Post

April 19, 2019

One week, one picture, one paragraph, one sentence, one word, and one letter at a time, brought me to today—my 100th blog post. While I truly can’t believe I’ve [...]

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The Work Isn’t the Work

March 15, 2019

Sometimes I get caught up in thinking that the task at hand is the work. That writing the blog or parenting the children or finishing the chore is the [...]

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Salute – Walking Away From My Photography Business

March 8, 2019

After having it in the back of my mind for 20+ years, last March I got my nose pierced. I had the honor of being a keynote speaker at [...]

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Handwritten letters on a whiteboard read as follows. Quote of the week. We don't have to agree on anything to be kind to one another.

Love as a Second Language

March 1, 2019

Speaking kindly to my kids is really difficult for me. If I had my way, I would not only speak harshly, I’d also yell everything. “Who left their cough [...]

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A focused view of a boy's face as he looks out the window. A single tear falls down his face.

Three Day Rule – My Husband Doesn’t Need to Know Every Time My Feelings Are Hurt

February 22, 2019

One of my favorite pastimes used to be letting my husband know when he hurt my feelings. Of course, it never crossed my mind to take into consideration the [...]

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Teasey Pleasies – A Solution to Taming the Unpleasable

February 15, 2019

After last week’s blog Easy Pleasey, I got to thinking about the Teasey Pleasies in life. Those people who make me believe I truly can please them if I [...]

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A handwritten note has several misspelled words and reads as follows. "Dear Mom I love you to death I am very sorry that I was being a beep and a p p. If I can make it up to you please tell me!!"

Easy Pleasey – Keeping Check of My Pleasability Meter

February 8, 2019

One thing I have to keep in check is my pleasability meter. For a long time, without even realizing it, I was hard to please. I just had these [...]

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Spin Doctor – Flipping Everything Towards the Positive

February 1, 2019

We have a saying in our family, “God’s Plan, not mine.” It was born years ago from an attempt to develop a practice of radical faith. I was in [...]

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Welcome to my blog turned podcast! Here you can listen or read about what’s on my mind as I try my best to recover from screaming at my kids and nagging the bejesus out my husband.

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Selfish Guilt – Are We Really Still Doing this to Ourselves?

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My Computer and I, and Our Abusive Relationship.

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Under the Influence – Bunny See, Bunny Do

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Gaining Perspective – It’s Time for an Attitude Adjustment

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