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You Don’t Need A Summer Body
I’ve said it before and I’ll no doubt keep saying it; comparison kills contentment. It always keeps the focus on what you don’t have. One of the worst daily comparisons is the version of you, you wish you were. Comparison is not the same as having goals. Comparison is the epitome of “I can’t get…
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Meh
This past weekend, I attended a womens conference with some good friends at one of our local area churches. It was a 2-day event filled with some of the top Christian leaders and a couple of local speakers. The theme of the event was “Because of Jesus”. I was excited to be amongst a throng…
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Level 38
The other day while I was driving, I decided to change the radio station. So many stations, yet nothing I wanted to hear. I miss having a CD player in my car. I know I can make playlists but, it’s not the same. Fellow CD lovers will totally understand. Suddenly, and without any type of…
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Sword Swinging
In season 4, episode 2, of the tv show “Friday Night Lights,” titled, “After The Fall,” Coach Taylor is approached by some seemingly random guy at a gas station in Texas. If you’ve not watched this show, let me just say, Texas takes their high school football pretty seriously. Like, it’s almost life and death…
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Flu
I’m sure just like anyone else, no one likes to be sick. I’ve been pretty fortunate over the course of my life as far as illnesses go. But, then 2 weeks ago the flu came knocking on my door, and my body answered. It’s been quite the roller coaster ride to say the least. At…
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Breaking Up
You ever watch a tv show and something one of the characters says resides so deeply with your being, you have to pause the show, then write down what they said? This is my brain. If you do this too, you’re my people. For lack of enthusiasm for most shows, I decided to restart one…
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Countdown
The countdown to a new year began last Jan 1st. We have a few hours left here on the East coast until 2024 rings in. Maybe this year brought healing, or pain, or suffering, or joy, or breakthroughs, or a combination of all the things. In any event, I bet it didn’t turn out exactly…
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Even If
Sitting here this beautiful morning with the glow of the tree lights. That’s as far as I got yesterday with the tree. It’s up, it’s fluffed, and awaiting decorations. Why can’t phone cameras capture the true color? (Rhetorical question) This tree can do color, clear, or a mix of both. I’ve always gravitated toward steady,…
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Walking Out of Egypt
One woman from Arizona. One woman from Connecticut. One woman from New York. One woman from Ohio. Our backgrounds and stories are different, yet similar, with one for sure commonality; we all wound up serving in the Alaska Air National Guard, located in, well, Anchorage, Alaska. How we all got there doesn’t matter for this…
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Fish On
Let’s talk about how much God cares about you. Before I left on my recent girl’s trip to Alaska, my son’s friend asked me to bring him back some salmon. I was like, I don’t think so, followed by some sort of “yeah, right” snorting sound. It wasn’t my plan to do any fishing. It…
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Beep Beep
Two years ago this month, God made a way for me to purchase a home. It’s what I wanted. Ranch style, not needing a lot of improvements, because I’m not into the home rebuilding/remodeling thing. Thankful to the people who do that, but it’s not my jam. I wanted a country setting but not too…
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Simple Places
This story originated August 14, 2022. Since this was written, the church mentioned within, permanently closed its doors. Everything has its season and nothing this side of heaven lasts forever. I often post on my Facebook page but neglected to share here. I guess maybe now is the better day for that. Thanks for being…
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Desensitized
The other day I stopped what I was doing to check and see what birds and critters may be at the feeder. To my surprise I saw a bird on top of another bird. I thought, ewww, because I thought they were, well, doing that birds and bees thing. So I slapped the window with…
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Alaska
When I was a young girl, I remember looking up in the dark skies of the night and looking for the Big Dipper. Somehow knowing that heavenly constellation was high in the sky brought me peace from the chaos of living in a home filled with addiction. How could the beauty of those shining beacons…
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Glow Sticks
“We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.” ~ 2 Corinthians 4:7 (NLT) This morning as I sat with God processing some childhood pain, I got the image…
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Know Your Audience
Bullying doesn’t change form just because somebody else laughs along. Bullying, no matter how slight, is still bullying. This past weekend I attended an event filled with women veterans from all branches of service. It wasn’t a widely attended event, but it’s always awesome to connect with other veterans and swap stories. Despite some efforts…
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Romanticizing Adultery
How do you romanticize adultery and make it acceptable? Let’s take a look. ☺️Guy meets girl.☺️Guy dates girl.🥰They fall in love.💍Guy gets engaged to girl.👗👔They may even move in together before marriage.✈️🚙❤️🔥Girl takes a trip home and runs into an old flame.💍Remember, girl is still engaged.😍Girl starts feeling romantic towards old flame and begins questioning…
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The Want of More
Scrolling through the radio stations I stopped when I saw Pat Benetar’s name pop up. Love me some Pat Benetar. It took a minute for me to recognize the song, “All Fired Up,” but as the song played on, bits and pieces came to mind and next thing I knew I was jammin’ in my…
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Moral High Ground
I watched a tv show. To summarize, over time, one woman had done some pretty sketchy things but justified her behavior by saying her actions were what was best for her employer. She was “protecting” them. Another woman, who worked for this same employer, also over time had done some deplorable things per the one…
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Moral High Ground
I watched a tv show. To summarize, over time, one woman had done some pretty sketchy things but justified her behavior by saying her actions were what was best for her employer. She was “protecting” them. Another woman, who worked for this same employer, also over time had done some deplorable things per the one…
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What a Waste
Every time I see a Whitney Houston movie or hear one of her songs, I always think, “What a waste.” Hear me out before you attack. I’m not calling her a waste. On the contrary, that woman was phenomenal. If you really listen to her voice, the passion, the depth, the incandescent beauty of her…
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Check Your Thoughts
My baby brother has been heavily on my mind the past few days. I miss his voice. I miss his laugh. I miss his hugs. I hold onto these precious memories in my heart, and I smile. He thought of himself as quite the jokester. He loved to make others laugh. Those people, the ones…
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Heartbroken
I’m so incredibly heartbroken over the latest senseless murders in Nashville. I’m so distraught in my soul that we’ve yet to discuss how to better protect our schools from people hell bent on killing children and adults for their own evil desires. I’m so sick of labeling the killers as this mental disease or another.…
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A New Decade
A loud noise interrupts my peaceful morning. Excuse me! Don’t you know it’s my birthday? I’m guessing not. The sound is coming from a wood chipper and chain saws. Several men dressed in brightly colored vests are diligently working on the removal of two very large trees from my neighbor’s yard. The larger the tree…
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The Way Out
I dreamt about you last night. You hadn’t changed a bit. It was as if time stood still for you. I woke from the dream and so many emotions hit me at once. I couldn’t fall asleep fast enough to make those feelings disappear. In the dream I was hanging out with my friend. You…
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I Can’t Hear You
Do you remember being little, putting your hands over your ears, shouting obnoxiously loud, “I can’t hear you!” and then making all sorts of vocally misconstrued cacophony at your targeted nemesis? You know, the person who refused to listen when you told them you didn’t want to hear something? Heck, maybe you’ve even done this…
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Old Hollywood
I never thought I’d be one of those people who long for yesteryear. I was always the one who couldn’t wait for what tomorrow would bring. Seems those carefree days are behind me. If I’m honest, I worry too much about what the future holds. I wonder if the decisions from my past will one…
Blessed to be Broken
God's not finished with me yet!
Blessed to be Broken 