A year ago today ….

…. I woke up through puffy eyes and picked my head up off my tear stained pillow and wrestled with the thought “this is my new reality“.  — I didn’t have my “own” home, but had a home, the best I could ask for in this season. — It was Sunday and the church I…

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Dashboard Diaries ~ Day 3

time is ticking by and I am about to hit the road again, better finish this journey up!! … last day departing Bowling Green, Kentucky for Day 3 on the road and the destination of Columbus, Ohio!! 7:30 am ~ was up early, packed, snuck B out for a walk, loaded up and pulled out of…

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Dashboard Diaries ~ Day 2

… so, up and at em kind of early … Barney barked a couple of times in the night, he could hear any car pulling up outside, horn honking, people walking by, etc.  But, amazingly I didn’t feel over tired.  Thankfully b/c this was going to be the long day of driving to make Day…

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Dashboard Diaries ~ Day 1

10/8 ~ 11:15 am … put the last of my luggage in my Tahoe, grabbed my Tervis cup and topped it off with water and loaded up with Barney to hit the road to Weatherford!  I was a little anxious taking off … my Mom was gone on a trip with her sisters, so it was just my…

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What is a Sponsor?

spon·sor    /ˈspɒnsər/ Show Spelled[spon-ser] noun 1. a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing. 2. a person who makes a pledge or promise on behalf of another. Source:  dictionary.com   Have you ever thought about the value of simply being a sponsor?  What seems to you like a small donation or…

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Compassion Blogger

I can’t remember when it was I first heard about Compassion, but I remember first reading about bloggers taking a trip with Compassion and meeting children who are sponsored into the program.  That particular blogger was somewhere in South America, and submitted a call to action for child sponsorship.   The call that got me was over…

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Summer at the Ballpark

I have so many memories of summers at the ballpark.  Mostly Friday night church league softball watching my Dad play while hanging out with my friends or watching kids I babysat at the fields followed by Mazzio’s pizza with our refill cups.  I did play a bit of t-ball and my brother did as well, so it’s fun…

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Creative Dreams

Crafting and creating have always been an outlet for me.  I learned to sew as an Elementary student participating in my local 4-H Sewing Club and have picked up other crafting hobbies along the way.  I love jewelry and multi-strand bead necklaces, etc., so why not make it myself!  This summer I’ve had a lot…

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Is Mike really magic?

It seems Magic Mike is the hit movie of the summer for girls day or night out and the rave of women everywhere.  One of those “everyone is seeing it” movies.  One of those that I couldn’t quite define why I didn’t want to see it, but never did want to see it.  I realize,…

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Hill Sprints

This summer I’ve been jogging in a neighborhood with lots of hills, having realized yesterday would be the last day I would be working out at 6pm.  The heat was finally too much, I will have to go early in the morning or later in the evening.  While on my route I regularly see deer in yards, in wooded…

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