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Need a New Point of View?

Date: July 7, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Expectations, Friendship, Overwhelmed

While in Arizona, we made our way to the bank to get some change for laundry. We were making small talk with the teller and she asked where we were going. We mentioned our destinations and told her the Grand Canyon was one of the highlights. To my amusement she…

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Celebrating Life!

Date: July 3, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Friendship, Prayer, Relationship, Simplify

Today is our final day of our 26-day trip in our RV. I literally woke up with a pit in my stomach just thinking about it coming to an end. It has been a joy and a privilege to spend this time together as a family. Our family of five…

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Seeing God in a New Way

Date: June 17, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Faith, Friendship, General Assembly, Peace, Relationship, Stories, Trust

It was the summer after fourth grade when my family took a trip out west for a church meeting my dad was attending. It was an emotional time as we were in the process of moving from Ohio to New Jersey and yet we had excitement over a trip. Five…

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Living a Dream

Date: June 9, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Death, Expectations, Peace, Prayer, Relationship, Trust

I’m writing this post from an Arkansas state park early in the morning as the kids are still asleep. The family is on the start of a 26-day journey across parts of America in an RV. This is something Brian and I thought we’d do one day when we were…

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Ready for More Change?

Date: May 6, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Consistency, Overwhelmed, Relationship, Trust

May is here! Do you know what that means? School will soon be out and the seniors are graduating!!! Yep, time for some change. The high school seniors will be going to college; some leaving home for the first time. The college seniors are stepping out on their own in…

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A Poem: Peace

Date: February 27, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Friendship, Peace, Stories

I wrote this poem about peace while I was in college. I thought I’d share with you today as we live among chaos in this world… Peace What is peace?  It is the feeling of security although you don’t see it The calm after the storm The bugle’s cry at…

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Just One Day at a Time

Date: February 19, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Consistency, Goal-setting

We are well into our second month of the year and time is getting away if you have not started on your goals for the new year. I’m not sure if you typically make annual goals or not, but this was by far the longest I’ve waiting to write out…

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Do You Need to See Some Light?

Date: February 11, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Overwhelmed, Rest, Spiritual Battle, Stories

My husband and I recently visited the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Alabama. While we were attending one of the talks with the workers, we learned more about the International Space Station (ISS). As we left the talk, she mentioned we should download an app to locate the ISS…

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Time to Move Forward

Date: January 31, 2018
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Categories: Being Transparent, Expectations, Faith, Overwhelmed, Prayer, Relationship, Spiritual Battle

After a hard, long, and rough month of my life, I decided I was going to stay home from church and have some one-on-one time with God and my Bible instead of going to my normal Bible study. I needed to talk with Him personally and not talk with others….

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Do You Believe God is With Us?

Date: December 24, 2017
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Categories: Being Transparent, Christmas, Expectations, Faith, Israel, Overwhelmed, Relationship

There seems to be a lot of evil in our world today. Every time I turn on the news, listen to the radio, or look at the latest feed, there are acts of violence done to the innocent. There are people committing acts of injustice I could never imagine. People…

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