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add a lift to your step
What Matters Is Immanuel
I'm thinking about Christmas this morning. Maybe because it snowed Saturday, or because I purchased our first Christmas gift over the weekend. I love Christmas. I love it in June, I love it today (yes, even before Thanksgiving), I love it all year long. I heard a...
Recommitment & Accountability
Recommitment and accountability. Two words I'm choosing for my life today. recommitment: a renewal of a commitment accountability: the state of being accountable; responsible for; answerable for After my daughter inspired me last night through Twitter, of all...
Give Thanks… Even When Bad Happens??
May 2014 was an unbelievably challenging month for our family. I relive in my memory the events that transpired in those thirty days, and I wonder how I made it through with a sane mind. (That may be questionable by some.) But in all seriousness, I don't know how I...
What I Learned This Week – November 15
Didn't I just write last week's edition of "What I Learned This Week" two days ago? It sure feels that way. The days speed past me, yet I'm doing all I can to appreciate each moment. Doing my best to keep an eternal perspective, and a positive attitude. Some days I do...
Five Minute Friday – Still
It's Five Minute Friday (well almost). I'm writing this Thursday night. I just finished hanging out on Twitter with some of the most incredible people on the planet for #fmfparty. Tonight we talked about kids, our schools, a #fmfparty retreat, and chocolate. Chocolate...
Invest Your Life Into Another’s
To be completely honest, the first time I met him he scared me. He was the dad of one of my childhood friends. I didn't have many opportunities to interact with him back then, but when I did, I was intimidated. He was always kind, and never mean to me, but I desired...