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March’s Intended Wing

  I explained to you HERE what this post is going to be about each month.  For this month, I’m able to let you know how I did on February’s goals as well as let you in on what I’m working on in March. While they are goals that I hope to accomplish, I also

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What I Learned in February

It seemed to me that February flew by in a blur of snow and cold, off days with kids delayed or home from school.  I’m not sure where it went, but if I’m being honest, I’m glad it’s gone.  March brings with it a sense of hope…longer days…warmer temps…the smell of changing seasons even though

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February’s Intended Wing

I explained to you HERE what this post is going to be about each month.  For this month, I’m able to let you know how I did on January’s goals as well as let you in on what I’m working on in February. While they are goals that I hope to accomplish, I also realize

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What I Learned in January

I L.O.V.E. learning and growing for all sorts of different reasons.  If you need a reason to keep things fresh in your life, here you go…. I have heard it said that the reason it feels like life is going faster and faster is that there are no longer new experiences to create new feelings

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What Does Your Fight Look Like…This Year?

JJ Heller and her husband Dave put out a video of a brand new song they had just written on New Year’s Day.  It went viral.  Check it out…. They sing… Let’s fight a good fight. Train our eyes to find the light.     and on they sing but I started wondering what a

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January’s “Intended Wing”

  Over at the Tiny Twig, Hayley shares her monthly goals along with an update on the progress she made (or didn’t make) on the previous month’s goals.  I’m going to jump in here with her and let you in on what I’m working on…moving toward…hoping to accomplish.  Hayley calls these posts “Goals with Grace”.

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Weekend Delights..Food…Fabulous…Funny…Found

Happy Friday or Saturday or whenever you may be reading this.  Before I get to the juicy stuff, I want to share 2 things with you: First…that picture of Owen.  It is so adorable it makes my heart hurt.  Where does the time go? Second…a couple of wishes for your weekend… praying you find the

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“The world was hers for the reading.” Yes, please.

The quote in the title is credited to Betty Smith and I find it delightful; smiles all around.  Words lining pages of books open doors we never could have dreamed of…bring us connection in ways we long for…leave us heaving with sobs or laughing out loud…living in lands that don’t exist…partially created by the author

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It’s Yours for the Taking

The more time I spend with God…THE WORD…the more hungry I am to know him deeply and connect with Him through what I’m reading.  I long to understand the truth it reveals about my Creator, Savior, maker of my heart and soul.  The reality, however, is that many days while I read I’m simultaneously rehearsing

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Faith, Food, Fashion and Funnies

Happy Hump Day!  Here are a few delightful tidbits to get you through today and on to the weekend. Funnies – Actually this is sort of heartbreaking and funny all at once. http://youtu.be/XgMPV3slCis Fashion – I got a Stitch Fix box today!  YAH!  You can read about my last box HERE.   Clockwise from the

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