guest post by Emily Humpries When I was young, I knew that I loved kids. I knew (and often heard) that I was good with kids. I started babysitting at a pretty young age, and I LOVED it. Then, not long after I graduated college, I became a nanny, and I worked for a […]
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He calls it a rip-stick. I call it a skateboard with two wheels. Took him two days to even stand up on the thing. Determination kept him trying over and over. More time was spent recovering from a fall than actually riding the board. Maybe that’s just life: We spend more time recovering from falls
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by Julie Longwood The kitchen sink…. It’s a place that holds so many meanings and triggers so many feelings. Confusion has set in! The kitchen sink is the place in my home where I find myself the most, physically, emotionally, and often spiritually. It’s my worst nightmare and my reprieve, my duty and my hiding
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“I am a mess right now,” I whisper to my husband one night. “And can’t seem to pioneer my feelings. I can’t appear to make sense of it all. “I feel like I have a wound that just won’t heal.” Have you ever felt like you couldn’t make sense of your life? Unsure what had just
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Sometimes you unexpectedly meet a person for a brief moment in time, loose track of each other, and then miraculously your paths cross again. There is no doubt in my mind Janell Rardon is in my life for a purpose. She has become a mentor to me not only in the area of writing, but
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If you have missed the introduction to the series check out last week’s post here. by Emily Sue Allen I could tell you many stories about times in life that I felt inadequate, weary, unable to overcome obstacles, incapable of repairing circumstances, and like my cup was totally empty. I could tell you stories from
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“Hurry up mom! We have to do the hard to get to the easy.” Yeah, she is pretty much right. Doesn’t make it any easier in the middle of a mountain climb (not really a mountain, more like a hill that feels like a mountain). Not the words I want to hear as I
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By Crystal Storms “If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.” 1 Peter 4:11b (NIV) Have you ever looked back at an accomplishment and thought only
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“Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life” Proverbs 4:23. We have an enemy who attacks our minds on a daily basis in hope to demolish anything we put our hands to. He is out to destroy our family, marriage, purpose, and ultimately our lives. The Bible is clear: The
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“He leads me along the right paths for His name sake” Psalm 23:3. Have you ever been in a season of uncertainty? Where you’re restless, lost, or not sure of the plan? I don’t mean just a few bad days of wandering. I mean an entire season. You wanted to resist it. You wanted to
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