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Day by Day
Music. I’m so thankful for music. Without warning, songs make their way in my brain and just like that I’m wandering down a path of remembrance. The song that popped into my head as I sat down to write was the title of the blog. Day by day. It was a song released in May…
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Heal
A friend sent me a quote today. The world is full of quotes and memes and advice. If only quotes could fix all our problems after we read them and let them sit in our souls for a bit. Just like anything else, we need to be careful what we allow to sit in our…
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Pick Up
I’m not a good practical joke kind of gal. I guess it’s because I don’t appreciate feeling like a fool. Then again, who does? Do you remember the game 52 card pick-up? If not, let me explain. Someone walks up to you with a deck of cards and asks if you want to play of…
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Real Gram
It’s snowing! I love the snow. Well, I more love watching the big fat fluffy flakes fall from the sky and the way things look after it snows. Isn’t it weird how much more peaceful things seem to be when the snow falls? Another thing I love is when the sun hits the snow just…
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Unpopular
Last night I watched a tv show I’d previously recorded. It’s not a great tv show, but I’m a sucker for first responder type shows. As I listened to a couple actors dismiss their actions because God forgives, I gotta say I was like, well, isn’t that just like a tv show to openly flaunt…
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Reduced
One of my favorite movies is Invincible. A true rags to riches story based on NFL player Vince Papale. Too bad the team he played for was the Philadelphia Eagles. While I love the movie, I don’t love the Eagles. However, my favorite team is represented in the movie. But, that’s another story for another…
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Offender In Custody
Over the course of the Covid pandemic I started to watch the tv show Chicago PD. It was new to me and I was bored with all the reruns of the reruns of the reruns. I didn’t initially watch the show because the actor who plays Hank Voight got on my nerves. He has a…
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Soaked
I actually started this post last year in October. I got one paragraph in and quit. As I read over what I wrote, I nodded my head in remembrance. I thought since it was already a one word title, I’d go ahead and see how I could salvage this one. Enough with the rain already.…
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Nancy
I met Nancy in tenth grade. It was my second year in a public school. I attended catholic schools from first to eighth grade and then I transitioned to the public school system. Let’s just say, it was an eye opener. Nancy was tall, blonde and had the prettiest blue eyes. I was tall, brunette,…
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Moose
As you all know, my sweetest Gabby gurl passed over the rainbow bridge the beginning of January. It’s been a couple months of those emotional roller coaster ups and downs. I even stopped wearing make-up because I never knew when the feelings would come leaking out of my eyes. It sure didn’t take much for…
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Strength
When the show Grey’s Anatomy aired in 2005, I was hooked from the first episode. I love catching the re-runs when it’s airing on tv. The other day I caught the episode where Derek proposed to Meredith in an elevator. The doors opened and there stood Derek in the middle of the elevator he had…
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God’s Out To Get Me
This is a season of new beginnings for me. Not gonna lie, some days it’s been rough. There’s been A LOT of tears shed and A LOT of wrestling with my Heavenly Father. I’ve learned the best question in these time is not, “Why God”? For me, it’s “What are you up to God?” or…
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Nudge
I had a busy day today. It was the good busy. The busy that makes you feel like you accomplished great things. The unhurried busy where you knew you had places to be, things to do, and people to see, but there was no anxiety to rush from point to point. I could go on…
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Better
Before I dive into what’s on my heart today, I’m going to put this out there. The season of Lent begins today. 40 days is how long Jesus spent in the wilderness, fasting and being tempted by the devil. Don’t believe me? You can read it for yourself here in Matthew 4:1-11. It’s a season…
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You Can’t Out Maneuver God
Has anyone ever told you not to pray for patience because God will give you situations that will require…well, patience? This is me, raising my hand. Is that truth? I can’t really answer that for you, but I have seen a few instances in my own life where it seemed true. Just put me in…
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Silly Love Songs
The other day I overheard a few bars of a familiar song. I remember really liking this song back in the day, and now I wanted to hear it. I googled the lyrics “I’m not a perfect…” and before I could finish typing, google filled in the rest for me. I clicked the link to…
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Finite Thinking
I recently did a thing. I resigned my full-time position. To be fair, when I entered back into the work fray after my military retirement, I only wanted a part-time position. Which is what I originally found but then a couple years into things, and a couple of position changes later, it morphed into a…
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Some Day
“Oooh child, things are gonna get easier. Ooooh child things’ll get brighter.” If you know the 1970s song “Ooh Child” sung by The Five Stairsteps, then you, like me, totally sang that opening line. This song has been ruminating around in my head for months. At first glace, it sounds promising. Things are not only…
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Trash Day
Good to the ness, you know you’re holding on too tightly to things when it’s trash day and you cry when they take ALL the trash. That’s where I found myself this morning. I must’ve looked at those trash containers a bazillion times wondering if they’d take all the trash that was put out to…
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Falling Apart
You can do the hard things, but you don’t have to do it reliant on your strength. Wait, what? Lemme ‘splain Lucy. The other day, my son asked if I wanted a hug. I did, but I hesitated for a few seconds. I felt if I went in for the hug, I would lose whatever…
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Before You Say Never
Caught up on Grey’s Anatomy over the weekend. The episode was called “Look Up Child”. One of the character doctor’s named Jackson went to visit the man who fathered him. His father left him and his mom when Jackson was a child. He had questions for his dad, Robert. Jackson was doing some internal searching…
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Hard Things
The other day I got some unexpected snail mail. I love getting cards in the mail. Don’t you? Inside the beautiful card was a book magnet. It was also beautiful. Then I read the inscription. “You can do hard things.” My eyes widened, my heart took a few extra beats and I thought, “Oh, Lord…what…
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Show Me The Way
The other day when I turned on the tv, Little House On The Prairie was what popped up on the screen. I can’t say I remember watching too much of this show when it originally aired or even the reruns. But for some reason this one caught my eye. There’s a character named Edwards. I…
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It’s Not Okay
“I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” ~ Matthew 12:36-37 (ESV) The other day I got a text message from a dear friend. Not just any friend, but a friend who goes…
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California Roll Style
I came upon a 4-way stop this morning on my way to work. As my car came crept up to the stop sign, I witnessed a truck slow to a crawl, but not come to a complete stop at their designated stop sign. I thought, “Ooooh, look at you just California rolling” through the intersection.…
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Broken Shells
Just over a year ago I was at the beach with a friend I hadn’t seen in years. We had an outstanding time reconnecting! I’m not a huge fan of crowded beaches or hot sand. Since it was February, the sand wasn’t hot, and the South Carolina beach wasn’t crowded. It was perfection in my…
Blessed to be Broken
God's not finished with me yet!
Blessed to be Broken 