We Remember, so We Tell Stories
My husband often repeats his favorite stories to me, which puzzled me for many years. I wondered:
Does he think he's never told me about the game-winning home run he hit when he was eight years old?
How could I forget that the tree in his parent's backyard came ...
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The Thanksgiving Miracle
Thanksgiving Works
Sometimes my thoughts and feelings are like a runaway train. Truthfully, I feel like I can’t help it. At all. But I can:
"Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, ...
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Can We Just Call This a Mid-Life Crisis?
When Everything's New Again
This has been a tough year for me and I've fought my feelings every day. Our cross-country move and my husband's military retirement were huge. "Everything is new again" sounds so beautiful until you apply it to finding a new grocery store, a new dry cleaner, a new gas ...
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Day 31 #CuratingtheGood — Curating the Good
A Story Paints a Picture
I have a lot of family-picture-guilt and regret.
When my first baby came home from the hospital, life was overwhelming. I was almost 18 hours away from family. My husband was unhappy in his new job and his health was not good. We had no friends and money was tight. One ...
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Day 30 #CuratingtheGood — Sunday Soundtrack, Top Ten
One of my favorite things about my Write 31 Days series last year AND this year has been listening to the Sunday Soundtrack every week. Music is powerful. Scripture says the Lord inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3). When we confess our faith, we glorify God by speaking the truth about ...
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Day 29 #CuratingtheGood — A Good Result
A Good Result
When we begin something new, most of us start with the hope that we will get a good result in the end. We are a performance-based culture. We want progress and like to measure outcomes and see success where we have invested our efforts.
My daughter recently wrote a persuasive essay ...
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