Just Keep Swimming! A fun thing to try is to consider your favorite characters from movies or literature and think about what makes them resonate with you. This entertaining exercise might reveal to you a little more about yourself. What things make you laugh or cry? What values does that character reflect that attract you? […]
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It’s time again for another extra special treat! Enjoy this piece from a very special guest writer who is kinda close to my heart. Riches A cup of coffee that tastes just right A baby’s cuddle in the night A much needed encouraging word from a friend A job seen through from beginning to
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In our Last Episode, we watched as four everyday people had encounters with a Weird Thing that changed them into superheroes. We met: Cordelia: mild mannered librarian by day, but, when someone needs encouragement, she becomes THE QUILL! Henrietta: mom, wife, great friend turned Warrior of the Truth; she is VERITAS! Siegfried: a regular Gen
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This is a story about superheroes. Usually a superhero has some sort of back story: a regular, everyday person has a random encounter with something like radiation or electricity or a Space Age Polymer, and then, BAM! John becomes Super-Sonic-Plant Man or Brayden turns into Furry-Skeleton-Dog-Tail Boy! They have to then navigate life now that
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I am on my hands and knees in the middle of the yard, gathering weeds on an early May evening– not pulling them, like a normal person would, but actually gathering them. I am going to make a spring refresher tea. I normally hate work like this. This is the kind of work that I
Today, we are in for a treat! Enjoy this piece from a very special guest writer, a sweet mom who is kinda close to my heart. Wild Little One The sand is soft and fine but just rough enough to have a satisfying texture. I grab a handful and let it slip slowly from my
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Along my driveway is this huge walnut tree. I tried to use tools to estimate its age, but the range is too great to be accurate. Having said that, I am getting estimates that start at around 165 to over 200 years old! How many horses and carriages, tractors and cars has it greeted down
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Motherhood, especially in the early years, is often made up of the same, long, repeating routine. You do the same things over and over, and everything you do is often undone right away! You sometimes don’t feel like you are making progress–just like painting dot after dot, most often with a lack of sleep that
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Human Development was one of my prerequisite classes for entrance into Nursing School, in which they try to teach you all the predictable stages that all humans must progress through if we actually ever as we mature. As a mother of 6, I threw out my college book about a month into our first baby.
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About this series: I spent about a year wrapping my mind around a new diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. I have decided to basically cut and paste everything I wrote down while I was processing it all. Perhaps one other person who is going through uncertain waters will find comfort and peace through my sharing. This
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