Tag: Jesus
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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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Dangle or Jump All In
I wrote the words below as a Facebook post in May of 2020, after a memory of my son popped up. He was a security guard on the Air National Guard base where I worked. For some odd reason, I had the post in my email and when I searched for something, this came up.…
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Red The Cat
Well, I guess since I can’t shake the visual from my dream last night, I’ll share with you all. Fun, right? I was in the woods. I was with somebody but not sure who it was as I didn’t see them, I only heard them. We came upon a BIG cat. I named him, Red.…
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Silly Love Songs
The past few days, the song “Silly Love Songs” by Paul McCartney & Wings, has been running around in my head. Which is odd because I don’t really like his music. Yet, here we are. Let’s take a look at some of the lyrics: “You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love…
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Not The Glue
“Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” ~ Exodus 20:12 This post won’t be pretty because I’ve struggled with this commandment. I’ve wrestled. I’ve beat myself up with it. I’ve laid awake over not being loving enough. I’ve tried…
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Alcohol’s Dark Side
Don’t you love Facebook memories? It’s crazy to think how long Facebook has been around. The other day this particular memory popped up from 11 years ago: “What an irritating, make me wanna do unspeakable things to people I don’t even know kind of day!!!! Good thing there’s wine in the world =)” You can…
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Walk The Walk
If you know me, you know I love the movie Top Gun and it’s sequel. I really liked how they merged the two movies together. One of the lines that carried over to the sequel was Maverick saying that up in the air, in a combat situation, there was no time to think or you’d…
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Cover-Up
You know that moment everything is going really well and the next thing you know, tears are streaming down your face? Yeah, me too. It’s kinda important to pay attention to what’s happening in that moment. Then again, it’s way easier to ignore the inner turmoil and just “keep swimming” as Dory, the Pacific blue…
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Closure
I don’t know what closure means for you. I’ve heard people say they can’t move forward until they get “closure” from a life situation. What happens if the closure you so desperately want never happens? Do you stay stuck where you are forever in wait mode? Never moving forward? Do we always wonder about the…
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Pedestals
I’m over it. If you blame Chris Rock, for Will Smith’s actions then you’ll start to understand why Adam blamed Eve because he ate the forbidden fruit and why Eden blamed the serpent for the choice she made. Each one had a choice. Each is equally responsible for their own actions. The blame game is…
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Cinderella
There are lots of different movie versions of Cinderella. My favorite version of this beloved fairy tale romance is Ever After. If you’ve not watched it, go do that! Seriously. You might think my favorite part is when Cinderella winds up with her Prince Charming, but you’d be way off. In this version of the…
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Search Me
“Investigate my life, O God, find out everything about me;Cross-examine and test me, get a clear picture of what I’m about;See for yourself whether I’ve done anything wrong— then guide me on the road to eternal life.” Psalm 139:23-24 (MSG) The past two days I’ve been attending our local 2022 If: Gathering event. It was phenomenal. If you’ve…
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Outshine
Last night I watched an episode of 9-1-1. A lot of the show resonated deeply with me. It was mainly about the character Maddie. She fell into what was initially thought of as postpartum depression. Turns out it was a thyroid thing. She was so depressed and convinced she wasn’t worthy to live, she attempted…
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Breaking-Up
“Breaking up is hard to do” is the name of a song sung by Neil Sedaka back in the 70’s. No truer words have ever been spoken. As I journey towards emotional and mental well being I’ve learned it’s hard, excruciatingly hard, to unlearn and break up with things that no longer, and in truth,…
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Misfits
I often find myself humming or singing Christmas songs even though the Christmas season has past. Such has been the case for a few days now. Rudolph is one of my favorite claymation movies. What’s not to like? It’s packed with drama, intrigue, romance, and it ends, happily. Add in super catchy songs and for…
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Love Makes You…
This morning my Lent devotional’s primary Bible verse was a reminder of what love is, what it does and what it’s not. Let’s read it together: “13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the…
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Grief
Today was a good day. I went to a funny movie, I spent time with family and friends and then out of nowhere the floodgates opened. Driving and tears don’t mix well. But, when grief comes knocking, I’ve learned it’s easier to let it out than bottle it up. A friend once told me that…
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I Believe In You
This morning I was having a conversation with my 5-year old baby grand. Every time I see her she imparts innocent wisdom my way. What is it that they say? Oh yea. Out of the mouths of babes. This morning out out the blue, she simply said, “I believe in you”. It didn’t take long…
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You Can Let Go Now
I’m going to blame the video I watched of a heavily weighed down sheep being shorn due to neglected wool overgrowth, on the dream I had last night. I dreamt I was running around all over the place looking for a way to put my hair up. I was carrying around a set of my…
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Cone of Shame
I had to take Moose to have his neutered area checked today. It didn’t look right to me. In addition to it looking red, I was having trouble getting him to quit licking the wound. First I tried the cone I was given. He freaked out. Like a ninja swatting at spider webs kind of…
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Cohorts
The definition of a cohort is a supporter or companion. I hope you have a cohort or several cohorts in your life. In turn, I hope someone considers you their cohort. Where I worked at my most recent job before I resigned my coworker and I dubbed each other “cohort in crime.” Not that we…
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Mixed Up Letters
Across the street from my house is a playground. As I was walking Moose today, I actually took notice of the big mixed-up alphabet sign that read, “Can you spell your name”? I know my grand daughter would totally spell her name. She loves her name She writes it all over everything she draws. Hmm,…
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Community
What do you think of when you hear the word community? I think of the people in my life. Maybe you use another term. Tribe, peeps, besties or maybe there’s a newer more hip term than the ones I’ve mentioned. Since I moved into my new to me house, I’ve been watching the people in…
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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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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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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.…
Blessed to be Broken 