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3 Things to Remember Before Family Planning During Corona

June 26, 2020

As I’m sure it’s clear to you during these COVID times, everyone has a different comfort level around contact with others. And as some are loosening the reins around [...]

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Enough is Enough. If I Trust, The Universe Will Provide

May 29, 2020

Over the past eleven weeks, I’ve noticed my brain easily jumps to; We’re not going to have enough. It doesn’t matter if it’s food, money, time, or hand-sanitizer—the panic [...]

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The Most Frustrated Baby on the Block – What Quarantining and Toddlers Have in Common

May 1, 2020

When my friends with toddlers talk to me about their miserable 3-year-olds, I feel their pain. Three was right about the age when, I started calling my kids names [...]

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Observe and Adapt: How Changing the Schedule Can Change Our Lives

April 24, 2020

My buddy Christine Woodside shared this with me in an email this week, “A scientist friend told me that Darwin, when talking about evolution, didn’t actually say ‘survival of [...]

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Answer to My Prayers – What Corona is Here to Teach Me

March 20, 2020

As mentioned in Social Distance Academy, my focus has been on our nuclear family this week. And because I’m a faith Spin Doctor, I’m very open to the lessons [...]

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Social Distance Academy – Where the Universe is Redirecting My Focus

March 16, 2020

Before the Guilford school system officially called off classes “indefinitely,” my mind was already racing with how I was going to structure our weeks off from the Magic Yellow [...]

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My Will or God’s Will? How to Get What I Want

March 6, 2020

Recently I was asked, How do you know if you’re living God’s will or your own will? In my experience, God’s will never requires force. Hard work? Possibly. Determination? [...]

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Loving People Who Are Hard to Love

February 14, 2020

This Valentine’s month, I’ve been reflecting on loving people who are sometimes hard to love. I was reminded of one of my favorite sayings I adapted from a friend, [...]

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Marital Dispute – You Don’t Have to Understand Me to Honor Me

January 17, 2020

One thing G-Man and I can’t seem to see eye to eye on is laundry. Actually, to be more specific, it’s really only my laundry that we don’t see [...]

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The Difference Between Spoiling My Kids and Honoring Them

January 10, 2020

One of my daughters is a vegetarian. The other day before hockey practice her order got screwed up and her takeout came with chicken in it. Once I was [...]

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Observe and Adapt: How Changing the Schedule Can Change Our Lives

Answer to My Prayers – What Corona is Here to Teach Me

Social Distance Academy – Where the Universe is Redirecting My Focus

My Will or God’s Will? How to Get What I Want

Loving People Who Are Hard to Love

Marital Dispute – You Don’t Have to Understand Me to Honor Me

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