The Blog
to encourage your heart and
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The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
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...
Five Minute Friday – Meet
Five Minute Friday. I love this time of the week. Where many of us write on a one-word prompt for five minutes, without concern for perfection. Free-writing at it's finest. It's when you just get to be you, and your writing flows from your heart. We gather and...
When I Stopped Trying To Change My Spouse
As our son's high school graduation quickly approaches, I've spent days going through photos of simpler times. Precious memories are attached to each photo of years past. I came across an album of candid shots from our wedding day of nearly 23 years ago. Oh, how young...
Yep, I’m That Mom
I'm that mom. You know her. The one who is the strictest, the meanest, the one who doesn't allow disrespect from her children. I believe it's hereditary, because my mom was the same way. I vividly remember yelling at her, "I hate you!!," when I was sixteen. I...
Love Note To My Lefe’s – April 2015
Each month I write a note to the the three I'm blessed to journey through life with, my family. Here it is for the month of April, in poem form: Bill, Alissa & Zach, April 2015 has come and gone, and what a beautiful month it was. With many memory-making...
