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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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In Which We Figure out How We are Doing…Really

You are a good girl.  A loving mother, sister, friend, employee, employer, spouse, auntie, cousin…we could go on and on listing the roles that you fulfill to the many people that you impact and influence.  And we are repeatedly told in direct and subtle ways that to fulfill these roles to the best of our

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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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Balance vs. Surrender

These words grabbed my attention immediately as my eyes worked across the screen.  A resounding YES bubbled up from my heart.  I’m tired of the messages, plans, worksheets that tell us we can do it all as long as we organize, manipulate and twist every minute of our day to squeeze everything out of it

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Easy Meal Plan – You CAN Do This!

  I shared with you HERE that one of my goals is to feed my family good meals.  For me, that doesn’t always mean super healthy (I have an intense love for homemade mac ‘n cheese) but it does mean made at home.  Time spent in the kitchen and around the table are never wasted

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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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“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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Resolutions, Smesolutions (Do You See What I Did There?)

The calendar page flips to a new year and the clatter reaches a fever pitch.  It’s all really much ado about nothing because in the end, nothing is exactly what happens.  You spend a few days or weeks with well intentioned fervor aimed at making your life everything you’ve ever wanted it to be.  THIS

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