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to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
Let Go Of The Guilt
It's been a flurry of activity throughout the last month. Not necessarily on my blog, but most certainly in my life. Sometimes life takes over, and sometimes that's okay. My friend, Betsy, wrote a powerful sentence not that long ago that has imprinted itself in this...
Love Note To My Lefe’s – May 2015
My family. Goodness, I love them so. Each month I write them a love note as I recap some highlights and share memories of the last thirty-or-so days. Here is May's note... To the wonderful three I am blessed to call my family, I am looking back over our month, and oh...
When Life Is Changing
I was doing fine until I opened yesterday's mail. Until I found from my beautiful sister-in-law a timely card of encouragement. The timing of her card, and her kind and caring words, combined with the reality of this week, opened the floodgates. I've been holding...
Living In The Moment
I really should be working on grad party details. I have much to do in the next two weeks as we prepare for our son's high school graduation celebration. But I just needed to stop in and share a few words of hope today. "Needed" is the key word here. Sometimes the...
Five Minute Friday – Follow
Here we are again. Time for Five Minute Friday. Free-writing for five minutes on a one-word prompt with no concern for anything but pure writing. Even when our minds are mush, it's good to stretch ourselves and let the words eek out. Grab a scratch piece of paper,...
When Mother’s Day Is Difficult
Listening to my favorite radio station as I ran errands yesterday afternoon, I couldn't believe what the announcer voiced over the airways. "Mother's Day is a terrible holiday." What??!! I listened as he shared how Mother's Day can be a difficult day for many. I...
