Father, Do You See Me?
God, do you see me?! The words echoed from my heart to my head, eventually making their way through my lips in a shaky, audible whisper. I gripped…
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Is Barely Surviving a Talent?
Talent—we all have one, they say. Some are blessed with more than one, but we can all feel comfortable that we came to this Earth with at least one…
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I Can’t Be Everyone’s Chick-fil-A Sauce
A couple of friends and I went and grabbed lunch at Chick-fil-A a couple of weeks ago. It was delightful. We spent roughly $20 apiece, and our kids…
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Before You Were Born, God Dreamt of You
My friend Gwen says that everything is created twice: once in someone’s mind and then actually and physically created. I was thinking about…
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My Children Deserve To See the Whole Me, Not Just the Mom Me
Before I was a mother, I was a human being. A human being with life experiences, passions, fears, talents, hobbies, goals, friends and aspirations…
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After Losing My Son, I Found My Calling
God does not call the qualified . . . He qualifies the called. I’m sure you have heard this phrase. Today as I sit here at my computer gathering my…
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Who Am I Beyond Their Mom?
I’m losing my job. Not the kind that I go to from Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the other kind of full time job, the one of a stay at…
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We are all Brave
Bravery is not a feeling. Many times we expect a rush of happiness to overtake us when we practice being brave. A confirmation of emotional pleasure,…
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She Believed She Could, So She Did
I don’t know who said it but I’m not sure it matters: “She believed she could, so she did.” This post serves as an…
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Any Given Sunday
Full disclosure, I am not the most religious person on earth. I don’t see myself as a perfect christian. I was the kid begging not to go to Sunday…
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