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Continue reading →: Professional Over-reactorProfessional Over-reactor by SPIRITGIRL I admit, I might be a professional over-reactor~ Sometimes it is big things but often times it is the little things, that send me into a tizzy. When I over-react, I am responding emotionally, to something that upsets me and perhaps challenges me. It is often in these small…
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Continue reading →: Finding peace in our footprintsPeace- (noun): freedom from disturbance; tranquility. When I see a blanket of fresh white snow…I see peace. The ground is covered, the sounds are hushed and the world feels a little bit softer. Where do you find your peace? Is it in the quiet moments-curled up with a good book,…
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Continue reading →: Examining your heart is like examining your muffin’s ingredient list…
I studied the list of ingredients that would be going into my body, before I ate the muffin. “Do these items improve my health or simply fill my belly”…I wondered. Do you evaluate your food as if each bite has life or death consequences? Do use scrutiny like a fine…
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Continue reading →: Letting go…What is an expectation? ~ An expectation is a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future. It is also, a belief that someone will or should achieve something. An expectation is also…an assumption of what we believe(or want to believe~for that matter) to be…
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Continue reading →: ~The fruits that birth from pruning~Shedding pounds feels good. When we step on the scale, we proclaim victory as we see that number drop with pounds lost. Carrying excess weight drags us down, it becomes burdensome and it negatively affects our physical and emotional health. Much like our physical health, we improve our emotional health…
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Continue reading →: A One Man Island…Do you ever feel like you are on a team made up of ONE…. a one man island of sorts? Floating in the sea, you stand united~ without partners or allies, fighting a one man battle? Sometimes parenting can feel this way. Full of feelings of fear, frustration, exhaustion and…
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Continue reading →: What if I secretly want to be the center of attention…
I like to think of myself as a writer because I have a passion…a passion to write words and spill my heart. And I also have a fear, a fear that I might secretly want to be the center of attention when in my heart I know, that God is…
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Continue reading →: When you have to convince the dog you aren’t the bad guy, you might be the bad guy…
In my life, I have known someone that spends a lot of time convincing others that he is not the “bad guy”. He goes out of his way to explian why he is not guilty of, things others have held him responsible for. And recently, I over heard him convincing…
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Continue reading →: Even the popular girl can feel left outRecently my pre-teen daughter begged to skip school, on an upcoming field trip day. She is in, what is considered to be– the “popular clique”. And although considered “popular”, she is not actually friended by girls outside of this group. You see, In middle school, it is all about your…
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