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True North
The first thirty eight years of my life was spent with me creating it. Creating my faith, creating my future career, creating my marriage and family. Creating my home and how we lived…
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The Shoes
Yesterday my thirteen year old son officially qualified for an IEP. The Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a legal plan that identifies a student’s educational needs and sets goals for meeting those needs.…
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Victory of The People
The shared human experience, especially in grief, is by far one of the most magnificent experiences of all time. Everybody wants to be seen, to be known. We walk around like little siterns hoping…
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Capable
Once you recognize what you are capable of, you are also acutely aware of what everyone is capable of. If you struggle to give compassion to another person, your own worthiness is what…
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Guilty
I have been asked several times why I didn’t give my marriage another shot, why I didn’t give my ex husband another chance since he was willing too. I am asked if I…
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Left
Six months into my separation/divorce to my husband I got a call from him. It was late in the afternoon and I was at my office, which thankfully was fairly empty. He asked…
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Dear New Mama
My friend is about to give birth to her first baby, so this morning I penned (text) her a quick note wishing her a first “Happy Mother’s Day.” It got me thinking about about the things…
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Scorched
“I saw this light coming over the horizon and as I got closer I realized that it was a fire. A prairie fire. And I just pulled over and I watched. When the…
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Happy Holidays. In April. {A Re post from early last year}
Four days out from the day the bomb dropped in my world. It’s Thanksgiving, 2018, a year from when crisis hit my marriage. It could be argued that the last five years of…
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The Gift
“In the rush to return to normal, use this time to consider which parts are worth rushing back to” – Dave Hollis This quote. My honey buns sent it to me on one…