Tag: faith
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Set Low Expectations
I love a good task list, and boy do I love a good long term goal, so bring it on! Who are we kidding, I like daily goals, too — any goal that I can jot down and later check off, or, my preference, mark with a fluorescent pink highlighter as COMPLETED just makes me…
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More Toys do not Make Happier Children
My first baby shower was perfect. There were so many gifts that I couldn’t fit them all in my car, so I had to make two trips back to my hostess’ home to retrieve everything. The baby in my womb already had enough toys, games, books and clothes to last until she was five…
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No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk
Although I appreciate a clean house and a clean car, I have never been one to regularly give anything the “white glove treatment.” When friends say, “I just can’t sleep if there are dishes in the kitchen sink,” I used to think they needed to take a strong “chill pill.” However, after my first child…
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Mommin’ it ain’t Easy
I have learned a lot since becoming a Mother. In my mid-twenties, before marriage and parenthood, I asked God to help me to develop humility, selflessness, patience, and self-control. You know how people say that God answers our prayers, but not always the way we hope – well, let me tell ya somethin’ — never…
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Because I said So
In the past 12 hours we have endured two hurricane-level breakdowns with my 3.5 year old over something of major, life altering proportions . . . clothes. See, my daughter has a few things in her wardrobe that she likes to wear over and over again, no matter what season or time of day, few…
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Keeping Up Apperances
When I was a little girl my parents used to watch a lot of British TV — who are we kidding, they still watch a lot of British TV! In fact, I am not sure if my mom realizes that America also makes television shows. Nevertheless, a show they often watched was called Keeping Up Appearances. Even as a kid I thought…
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Coke: The New Gateway Drug
I distinctly remember the first time my husband, then boyfriend at the time, came out of the gas station with a Coke, a REAL Coke, like the old advertisement, “The Real Thing”! Yes, people, you are reading this correctly — I was just as shocked as I am sure you are right now. Well,…
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Is it Okay to NOT miss your kids?
I recently had the opportunity to go on work trip for a week, and I could not have been more ecstatic. To recap, I work part-time in sales training for the same company for which I have worked for the last 8 years. Most of my work happens between 5-7 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. Yes, I actually chose…
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what do you mean, no plan B?
Okay, okay. If you know me, you know that I am not a “Plan B” kind of person. However, in the past year I have often thought to myself, “Maybe I should look into Plan B.” Let me back up, paint a picture for you — I like to deep dive into subjects without…