Steady Heart

Yesterday on the last day of the 2013 one of my besties waited while her Dad underwent quadruple bypass and while praying for his surgery I thought a lot about the heart. Same as I did when my Dad was hospitalized Oct 2012. There are so many emotions of life that affect our heart, the…

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Inspired by….

I love magazines and have to remind myself to read books from time to time because I can get in a habit of just reading magazines.  I currently subscribe to People and Real Simple but in the past have had subscriptions to InStyle, Glamour, Texas Monthly, Economist (lest you think I just read fashion), Shape, Self, Lucky,…

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What is a Signature?

When I was in High School I had a schedule that allowed some extra time in the day especially in my Ag class and I had a best friend with the same schedule and Ag teacher.  Oftentimes we found ourselves with the need to leave campus, which for some reason required a signed parent note for my friend, but not…

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#ComingSoon

Thank you for stopping over!  Especially those of you from the Christmas letter. Please bookmark this page, few tweaks to complete and lots of fun is coming your way! Merry Christmas! <a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12682791/?claim=dnx3ptmjvqw”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>

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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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