Your story matters, if not now for the next generation.

The other night while my husband worked late I decided to sit on his office floor and go through a packet of papers and photos my mother had given me some time ago. As I unfolded papers I discovered treasure. Treasures not of financial value but words that fill your heart, bring back memories and…

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Adjusting Perspective

My vision is blurry without my glasses or contacts. My hearing is poor without the assistance of hearing aids. Basically I’m a hot mess without corrective lenses or volume control. Thankfully there are products that help me see and hear better. I don’t have to walk around blind and deaf all the time. Not all…

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We don’t have to wait for the hard season to be over before we start living well.

There was a plan, I had a plan. My thirtieth birthday was just a few years away and in my plan, it was time to start a family. Most of our peers had already started families, we had waited but now I was ready. But guess what? My plan wasn’t working. The doctor told me…

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Five Random Reflections on Parenting Big Kids

With each stage of parenting there comes some growing pains. Just about the time we get comfortable with routines and rhythms our kids grow three inches. And with each physical growth spurt there comes adjustments to how we parent. Let’s face it what worked with our three years old no longer works for a ten-year-old….

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Are you feeling the yo-yo effect?

“I feel like a yo-yo right now“.  These are the exact words I have used to describe how I was doing when texting with a friend.  Sadly pandemic life is getting harder not easier with time.  For one we are all emotionally and mentally fatigued.  We’ve been at this approximately five months now.  Not only…

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