Yesterday evening, I made my way out to the garage for a quick workout. With book in hand, I stepped onto the elliptical nestled between the bins and the clutter. I opened my book and quickly realized the dim 5:00 December light coming in from the open garage doors would not be enough for my aging eyes – even with…
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Sometimes, There Are No Words – but You Find Them Anyway
Friends, It’s been so long since I have written in this space. In some ways, it’s been so long since I’ve written at all. On the morning of August 27, I said goodbye to my three friends from high school who had come to spend the weekend with me. The night before, we had ventured to downtown where we ate…
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Devotion: Small Choices Matter
Filed Under: Devotions, Faith Tagged With: grace, prodigal son and daughter, slippery slope, small choices matter
Small choices matter. They help us. And they can hurt us. I remind myself of this a lot. Because in my lifetime, I’ve been down a lot of slippery slopes I never even realized I had started sliding down until I was near the bottom. The addict doesn’t wake up one morning with the goal of being an addict. It’s one drink….
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“You Are Who You Hang With”: Wise Words Handed Down from Generation to Generation
Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: friendship, teenagers, teens, tweens
“You are who you hang with.” These were the wise words my grandpa said to my mom, and then my mom said to me. Over and over and over. “You are who you hang with.” I know. I know. I get it. Only I didn’t. Those words didn’t make a lot of sense to me. I’m my own person and…
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Replacing Guilt with Prayer
Filed Under: Devotions, Parenting, prayer Tagged With: grace, letting go, parenting guilt, prayer
I can’t believe school is about to start. After this, I only have one more summer with my daughter before her senior year. Did I take advantage of this summer? Do they know God loves them? I need to get them involved in more. They should have gone to camp this year……… And on and on and on it went….
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