This post has been weighing on my heart for a long time…I’m talking years. This particular aspect of parenting keeps creeping into my life and then I get busy and forget about it, but it’s one that I think is important to discuss. Now, this post is mainly for parents,…
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There is no way that anyone will ever be able to convince me that there isn’t a God. Ever. Today is one example of why… Tomorrow is my son Jonathan’s high school graduation. Let me give you a little background on the boy. He is somewhat of a freak of…
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I hope you enjoyed my video introduction. I’m trying something new with my blog posts in the hopes of giving them a bit more personality by adding a video intro to each of them. Please let me know what you think. Do you prefer the video intro or would you…
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Growing up in a large family, our house was pretty much chaos 24/7. I think my mom liked it that way. If the house was too quiet she seemed uncomfortable. She slept with the television on just for background noise…come to think of it, the television was ALWAYS on, not…
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Remember the last couple of weeks before New Years when everyone was chatting it up about all of the great things they were going to accomplish in the new year? Remember that? Yeah, me too. I was one of those people with a list of resolutions this and goals that…what the…
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It’s currently 12:32 a.m. By all accounts, I should be in bed. I have 5 teens/preteens to get up and out the door in roughly 5 hours. Why, then, am I writing a blog post? Well, when the spirit strikes you listen…that’s what writers do. I’ll make this one short…
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Confession: I skipped the gym this morning. Why? It’s a long story, but it boils down to I have a lot of work I need to finish and I’m taking tomorrow off to take my son to college. Sounds like an excuse, I know, but me not going to the…
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I honestly don’t even know how or where to start this post. And for a writer, it is a rarity that I ever run out of things to say. Something has been weighing heavily on my heart, not just recently, but for the past 9 years actually. I’ve held it…
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I am a writer, so journaling has always come naturally for me. I have journaled since the 7th grade. I remember that being a particularly difficult year for me. It was difficult academically, it was a difficult “friend drama” year, it was difficult in sports…that year was basically one of…
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Finally…I have time to sit down and get this post written! I am so excited to share my results with you, so let’s get this party started shall we? First off, I’d like to say that most people who do a 24 Day Challenges prefer not to check their results until…
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