I can read my journal from high school and know exactly when I was reading the Anne series. My language then was not only more flowery but stuffed full of happiness and perspective. I...
They Used To Be Taller I Think
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Touching Silence
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The Take-Away
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Sometimes
I am many things. I’m the girl who wants to go somewhere and be somebody and the one who’s happiest at home. I’m the mama who occasionally escapes to the bathroom JUST FOR A LITTLE PEACE AND QUIET ALREADY but cries on the first day of school and secretly relished a recent cold that kept one of my babies at home with me. I rarely feel like the richest, most...
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Happy Thank You Month
What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for the day before? I heard that question today, and my first thought was to cringe. Because, oh no. Surely I didn’t remember to pause at all yesterday and thank God. I’ve been so focused lately on my goals, the things I haven’t reached or found or achieved. But then I remembered words from my...
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Confessions of an Indoor Girl
Jake, while walking down this sidewalk as we returned from the park: "I...
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Gift of Ordinary
I’ve just read this book, THE GIFT OF AN ORDINARY DAY, by Katrina...
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Tomorrowland
When I was younger, I wanted to know the future. I felt certain much of my...
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Thoreau’s Way
I’m sure it’s a testament to my passionate nature and not true for...
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My Not So Storybook Life
Here’s an excerpt from a book I’m looking forward to. I discovered...
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Just The Next Thing
Life shapes us. We all have things that we point to again and again as the...







