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Thoughts on Time and the One Word That Drives Me Nuts
Let’s discuss time and how we spend it. I think if we looked at time in the same way we look at money we would be more discerning in how we spent it. If you were only given $24 in your day would you really choose to spend $3 surfing Facebook? See, that right there was a game-changer when you put it into perspective. Why do we value money to the point that we go to great lengths to save it any chance we get (ie, coupons, Black Friday shopping, BOGOs…) but when we have an opportunity to save time (ie. turning the TV off, getting off of devices, logging…
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The Life Lesson That Hurricane Harvey Has Taught Us
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 and sweet because, despite what the spirit may think, I’m darn tired. Let’s talk about Hurricane Harvey for a moment, shall we? My husband spent over 2 years in Texas on a mission with his National Guard unit, specifically in the Austin area. Texas was like a second home to him, and we have many friends who are still in…
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My Pause For Power Moment For This Morning…
I am taking some time this morning to follow the advice of one of my most treasured friends, Richa Badami. Richa has a theory, I guess you’d call it, that she calls Pausing for Power. Pausing for Power means taking time to reflect, to breathe, to slow everything down and regroup…regain that power within you when everything goes sideways. Today I am letting you in on my Pause for Power moment…but jut this once! I’ve gotten to a place in my life where things are just not where I would like them to be. We all go through these times, of course, but mine has been an extended stay. I…
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Love Grows Best In Little Houses
Well, the latest of our many military moves is nearly over and I have to say, this one was a doozy. Plans changed about 52 times before we finally were able to make a definite plan of action and go with it. As the saying goes “When Plan A doesn’t work there are 25 other letters of the alphabet.” I think we may have been embarking on X,Y AND Z! Such is life as a military family, and we are happy with our choices and ready to move on with life as “usual”. Probably the biggest change we’ve made was downsizing. We started off in a house that was…
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Why I Don’t Regret Being A Stay At Home Mom
As a writer, I read a lot of various pieces written by people from all over the world. I recently read a piece entitled “9 Reasons Why I Regret Being a Stay-at-Home Mom” by Lisa Endlich Heffernan. While I can certainly appreciate the value in our freedom of speech as Americans, I am also a mom…of seven children. I am a military spouse as well, which means when my husband is gone for work the odds are 7:1 in our house. After our move this summer, we will have relocated our family 11 times. I home schooled our children for 8 years and then enrolled them in public school.…
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Who Are You When No One Is Looking?
Last Saturday my son Jonathan and his football team played their first play-off game. These boys are all 6th graders and have worked incredibly hard to get to this point in the season. What is unique about this team, and why I chose to write about them this morning, is the heart inside each and every one of them. Let me explain… This is my son’s first year playing football…and we started him in tackle no less. Jonathan always excelled in the classroom but the football field was a whole different story. We thought he could use a challenge. Jon went through conditioning during the scorching heat without complaint.…
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Which Road Are You Taking Today?
The Road Not Taken by: Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads to way, I doubted if I should…
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Why Bad Things Happen To Good People
I’ve got it! I’ve got the answer to the question that we all ask ourselves when the shit hits the fan. You know what I’m talking about…those days when it seems like nothing you do is ever right, when you’re convinced the entire world is conspiring against you in order for you to finally be able to enter your name in the Guinness Book of World Records…only it’s for having the worst day ever. THAT day! Maybe for some of you THAT day is today…if it is, you’re in luck. Read on… If you know me, you know at times I can be a pretty deep thinker. You also know…
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My Rainbow Connection
I shouldn’t be writing a blog post right now. Right now the “responsible adult voice” in my head is saying…”Shouldn’t you be working on those press releases? Is the household budget balanced yet? What about those costumes for the school musical you need to finish by Monday?” It’s at times like these I tell that voice to shut up! Sometimes I just need to write…this is one of those times. So for those of you who know me personally, you know my life as of late has been…well, hectic to say the least. Yesterday I’m on my way back from Wal-Mart when it all came to a head and I…
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Live well, shall we?
I can’t shake the words that I heard this past Sunday from our priest during his sermon. He started his sermon by mentioning how we have telescopes to help us see things far away and magnifying glasses to help us see things up close. Why is it we can’t see clearly the things that are right in front of us? He went on to tell a story about a man who had recently gotten a phone call from a close friend of his. This friend had been very sick and was in the hospital for a few days, but was out now and doing better. The man was devastated. He…
