Posted on February 24, 2019
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I am tired In my flesh Triggered Abandoned Broken-hearted I am resentful Unable to be perfect Unable to arrive Human I am not willing to justify my actions to those who have yet to live anything near the last 35 years of my life…
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Category: Being a Woman, Betrayal, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Lessons Learned, Marriage, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, WisdomTags: Anger, Beginnings, Children, Christianity, church, Daughters, Family, Fathers, Growing up, Husbands, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Motherhood, Parenting, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Sons, Women
Posted on February 7, 2019
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Sometimes I turn the simplest, most needed act of love and relationship into a demanding drudgery. Other times, I listen.
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Category: Confessions, Faith, Fathers, God, Grace, Growing up, Lessons Learned, Prayer, Relationships, Simplicity, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Christianity, Growing up, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Posted on February 3, 2019
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Oh, Pappa, this has been a day. One where I had expectations of savored memories in these last precious days before things begin to change in big and permanent ways, only to have nothing turn out as I imagined. First world probs, I know,…
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Category: Faith, Family, God, Grace, motherhood, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Christianity, Family, Growing up, Learning, Love, Motherhood, Prayer, Women
Posted on August 21, 2018
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A (n unkind) gesture A package The scab is peeled off The heartbreak Attempted stuffing The dam is open wide The listening The comfort My heart begins to fill Some memories Rich laughter The wound begins to heal More laughter More…
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Category: Betrayal, Faith, Family, God, Grief, Growing up, Lessons Learned, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Growth & Health, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Brothers, Children, Christianity, Daughters, Family, Growing up, Justice, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Sons
Posted on July 25, 2018
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Every family has them, right? It’s just how things happen in this American culture, especially in the generation before mine, which I often call the “sweep it all under the rug” generation.
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Category: Being a Woman, Betrayal, Confessions, divorce, Faith, Family, Fathers, God, Gossip, Grace, Grief, Growing up, Husbands, Infidelity, Lessons Learned, Marriage, Men, Midlife Crisis, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Prayer, Relationships, remarriage, Spiritual Growth & Health, stepparents, WisdomTags: Abortion, Aging, Anger, Babies, Beginnings, Character, Children, Christianity, Confession, courage, Daughters, divorce, Family, Fathers, Freedom, Friendship, God, Gossip, Grace, Growing up, Growth, heartbreak, Husbands, Jesus, Justice, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Marriage, Memories, Men, Mental Health, Motherhood, Parenting, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Respect, Siblings, Sin, Sisters, Sons, Support, Tragedy, Women
Posted on July 5, 2018
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If I could go back and do it all again -or maybe just parts of it… I would honor who He made you to be more than forcibly attempting to mold you into who I thought you should become. I would listen more with…
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Category: Aging, Being a Woman, blended families, Confessions, Faith, Family, God, Grace, Growing up, Holidays, Lessons Learned, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Prayer, Relationships, stepparents, WisdomTags: Beginnings, Children, Christianity, Daughters, Family, Growing up, Holidays, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Memories, Motherhood, Recovery, Relationships, Sons, Women
Posted on March 18, 2018
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Growing up in my family of origin, it was normal to discuss how absurd other people’s choices were. I heard (and eventually said) things such as, “Who does that?!” and “Iwould NEVER act like that!” We pretty much had the corner on the market when…
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Category: Aging, Confessions, Faith, Family, God, Gossip, Grace, Growing up, Husbands, Lessons Learned, Marriage, motherhood, Parenthood, Parenting, Prayer, Relationships, remarriage, Thankfulness, WisdomTags: Children, Christianity, Family, Justice, Learning, Life Lessons, Prayer, Recovery, Relationships, Women
Posted on February 18, 2018
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Like everyone else, I struggle with having enough time to do the things I need and want to do. Why is keeping up with the laundry such an impossible task when my predecessors had to use a wash board and hang everything up? All…
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Category: God, Grace, Health, Lessons Learned, Prayer, WisdomTags: Christianity, Health, Learning, Life Lessons, Love, Prayer
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