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add a lift to your step
A Special Day Celebrating Mom
The death of a loved one can be a difficult experience. Maybe you know what I'm talking about. My mother passed away in December 2006. Losing her was incredibly hard, and still is some days. She was not only my mother, she was my best friend. Today would have been her...
Sunday Truth: Hope In The Hard Days
Real life is not always a bed of roses. Or a bowl of cherries. Or full of sunny, 75-degree days. Life on the big screen may be, but let's face it, life on the big screen isn't real. Life isn't always perfect, happy, and a piece of cake. It takes on twists and turns...
What I Learned This Week – September 13
Ahhh. It's Saturday. Do you love Saturdays as much as I do? How was your week, friend? What were the highlights? Anything new? What did you learn? Lately I've found one week seems to run into the next. Sometimes I get too scattered and forget to take time to...
Five Minute Friday – Ready
I was just hanging out with some of the most incredible women online at what's called #fmfparty (Five Minute Friday Party) which happens on Thursday nights. It's a highlight of my week. The coolest thing is?? I've not met a one of them in person. We've become friends...
The Happiest People
The happiest people are rarely the richest, or the most beautiful or even the most talented. Happy people do not depend on excitement and 'fun' supplied by externals. They enjoy the fundamental, often very simple, things of life. They waste no time thinking other...
Skinny Jeans & The Bodies God Gave Us
I recently overheard a woman talk about her "too skinny legs," and how skinny jeans look strange on her. I stopped listening when I heard her say, "at least I look better than those who shouldn't wear them." Wait. What?? Who shouldn't wear them?? This woman didn't...