I’m Done Making New Year’s Resolutions I Don’t Care About
A new year is upon us and I can almost smell the possibility. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day leaves me stumbling around in a…
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When Your Lover Is A Dreamer, Be His Muse
They helped shape that boy you liked into the man you love. His eyes used to dance as he shared them with you. They still dance when his thoughts…
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The 52-Year-Old Journal That Changed My Outlook on Household Tasks
Recently I saw a life in boxes. In a basement, covered in dust and cobwebs, a variety of papers recorded the mundane daily activities of a woman long…
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The Grown-Up Version of Truth AND Dare
Are you at a crossroads? Maybe you’re turning a decade older. Maybe you’re in a new season of life. Maybe you’re right in the…
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Silencing the Negativity from the People We Love – 13 Pieces of Advice from an Anti-Dream Crusher
“The person who said it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” Chinese proverb When we finally make up our mind to follow a…
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No Thank You, S.M.A.R.T. Goals, I’d Rather Do P.R.A.Y.E.R. Goals this Year!
Teaching a goal-setting class at a homeless shelter gave me a whole new perspective on goal-setting. In preparing for the class, I was all set…
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Climb the Mountain
“Climb the mountain,” the hiking instructor yelled, and I thought to myself, it’s only a steep hill, but I kept my mouth shut. Let the young…
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2016 – The Year of Progress
It’s February. How are your resolutions coming? Maybe you’re still going strong. Maybe you messed up by January 10, so you gave up. Maybe…
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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder, and Will Make Me Stronger
I love lists. Making them, organizing them, reading them, re-organizing and double-triple-quadruple-checking them. I do it all, all the time. They…
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Valuing the Same Old Me in a New Year
January often screams NEW to me. New year, new goals, new opportunities, new me. After a few weeks spent entertaining all the new…
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