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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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Writing My Own Morning Prayer

January 25, 2019

God, help me to be patient and loving to myself, my husband, our children, our family, and our friends. Please guide me away from influences that don’t fill my [...]

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The More Unlovable the Kid, the More I Need to Love

January 18, 2019

This Sunday, I was thinking about the healing power of love. How, when people are going through a tough time, sometimes all they need is to be loved. I’ve [...]

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A view looking up from the bottom of the stairs shows a person wearing sweatpants standing on the second step.

Where My Feet Are – Time Tells the Truth

January 11, 2019

When I’m interested in changing anything in my life, I get into this hyper-driven state of research. And now that there are so many resources, I can article-blog-book-movie-social media [...]

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A person lays outstretched on the pebbled surface of a beach. The sun shines brightly.

3 Ways to Take Better Care of Myself

January 4, 2019

Those kids got back to the safety of school just in time. Mama was starting to struggle with kindness during those last 48 hours. Which provided, yet another, opportunity [...]

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Salute – Walking Away From My Photography Business

Love as a Second Language

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

Teasey Pleasies – A Solution to Taming the Unpleasable

Easy Pleasey – Keeping Check of My Pleasability Meter

Spin Doctor – Flipping Everything Towards the Positive

Writing My Own Morning Prayer

The More Unlovable the Kid, the More I Need to Love

Where My Feet Are – Time Tells the Truth

3 Ways to Take Better Care of Myself

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