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Change: Can't [don't] Live Without It!

I’ve always hated change. Control and comfort, now that’s my thing. But wow, resisting change has not served me well. Slowly, after...

A REAL Life...(what childhood once was and still should be).

I have been neglecting my blog. In days with lots of words, opinions blasted every which way, I have felt highly unmotivated to post...

I'm a pruned plant. I hate it and want it at the same time.

There are seasons of life that take our breath away. I don’t mean in a wonderstruck or captivating way. They snatch up our attention, but...

Be Careful About Being Too Care-FULL: let hardship germinate its good work in you and your kids.

As a kid, I might have had separation anxiety. Maybe, maybe not. It’s hard to tell since we didn’t have any “diagnose yourself and your...

Life Lessons from The Gray Girl: a Goldendoodle.

I don’t have kids. I likely won’t have kids. Well, I won’t have my own children. I have plenty of “kids” who filled this heart space to...

Every Shell I Find is Cracked, Just Like Me.

The Earth is a storyteller. Wind, leaves, sand, sky...these are poets and preachers. If I wait and listen, metaphors surge up and call me...