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and so somehow, just like that this number now applies to me. It is absolutely surreal. and yet, there it is. I’m fine with it, actually. It’s just a bizarro number that once was old and now……not so much! If there was anything that I could wish for or want for my 50th birthday (if
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So. what are y’all doing with all this extra time at home? Hopefully finding lots to do to occupy the mind and body and maybe incorporate some new habits to take you through this marathon of quarantining and social distancing. I figured I’d take this rainy Sunday opportunity to share with you what we’ve been
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Mark 7:31-37 In today’s Gospel reading we see Jesus heal a deaf man in a very physical, and if I’m going to be honest, a kind of gross manner. However, as I am (slowly) learning, Jesus always meets us where we are and perhaps this man needed a physical and dramatic healing, whereas others are
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18 years tomorrow, we heard those words in the delivery room. We chose not to find out the gender of our babe and since we had two busy boys at home and we were mostly managing with their wild ways, I truly just expected another boy cub to add to the mix. And so….my first
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Remember you must die. This past day has been a reminder of that for us all, hasn’t it? The tragic death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna and those also on the helicopters that we are beginning to learn more about: friends, athletes, coaches, parents. This morning on my daily doggo walk, I prayed for
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I have been dealing with a hyperactive thyroid for the past 6 months or so and today I had a thyroid ablation with I-131 which leaves me “radioactive” for the next few days. What does that look like? Well, for one grateful my kids aren’t so little anymore: Quarantined-ish: no snuggling or smooching people, babies
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Try, try again. Tried to publish this and poof it has disappeared into the nether world of app failure and may show up at some point unexpectedly. No worry…. Happy New Year and a break from blog silence. I for one, would like to say we should petition to not have Thanksgiving at the very
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Our oldest daughter had a hankering for sunflowers so she and Hubs planted two rows at the beginning of the summer and man, oh, man do we have some beauties to behold. I am torn between cutting them and putting them into vases or just leaving them there to enjoy. We have done the latter.
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Budget. That was your first thought, right? Do you use a budget? Wing it? Excel spreadsheets? Kind of eyeball things? We used to have a VERY loose budget….a monthly tally of which bills are to be paid and when….which kept us on track and on time but really didn’t do a lot of accounting for
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You know, life has a way of pretty consistently changing things up. Have you noticed that? I am finding one of the things I am actually enjoying about getting older is recognizing that this IS life, change is constant and learning how to pivot* a little more gracefully with some of the changes. (confession: this
making the trek
Trekking through life: Faith, family, friends and a whole lot of coffee!
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