she started it!

Ginny is just a little over three now and her vocabulary has gone supernova on us.  She uses words like “technically” and  “actually” and insists on the proper names being given to animals…  “that’s not a chicken mama.  He doesn’t lay eggs.  That is actually a rooster”   This was as we were setting out the [...]

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staring at cheesecake

What would happen if  I spent all my time focusing on cheesecake. If I made sure to have cheesecake  in front of me every minute, how successful do you imagine I would be in maintaining a healthy diet? or in working out? or doing anything other than thinking about the cheesecake I was giving up.  [...]

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the written word

Do you cherish nice things people say about you? or to you? Do you save the occasional email that has words of encouragement or praise? Perhaps I’m strange, but I do this.  I save these things so that sometime in the future, when I may be having a bad day or going through a difficult [...]

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renewal

In this fall season, renewal is not a primary focus, but something just jumped out of a verse at me this morning and I wanted to share. I am having a rough day at work.  Actually the last two days have been rough.  And when this situation began I reacted poorly.  Not as poorly as I [...]

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let blessings abound

In this season when “blessings” are on everyone’s minds thought I’d share a few thoughts I’ve had recently on the subject.  Just to throw my hat into the ring, so to speak. A co-worker of mine has come up with a fabulous idea for her next birthday party She is getting a big group together, [...]

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