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Weekend Delights….Happy…Help…Hallelujah…Hmmmm

  Do you ever wish you were something other than what you are?  This week I wished I was a basketball player.  Don’t laugh.  There are a million ways we wish we were different…wonder what our lives would look and feel like…if only.  Take some time this weekend to consider who you ARE…where you ARE….and

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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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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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Weekend Delights…Winsome…Words…Web Finds

It’s the weekend…cue the cheering and the deep exhales.  Turn off the alarms, linger over coffee, find time to be YOU and love YOURS. W.O.R.D.S.   The lie the taskmasters want you to swallow is that you cannot rest until your work’s all done, and done better than you’re currently doing it.  But the truth

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Taking Care of You…ALL of You

I told you HERE that this has been a swirl in my brain.  There is SO MUCH that we could talk about and learn when it comes to taking care of ourselves.  “Just keep pulling the thread” has been my motto.  I will keep asking questions, trying to learn the answers and see what God

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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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What I Learned in October

A favorite blogger/author of mine, Emily Freeman, has a monthly series titled “What I Learned”.  Each month she looks back on the previous month and lists a few things she found out that she hadn’t known before.  These little gems of knowledge can be serious, fun or both.  I love this for a few reasons:

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