Tag: encourage
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How To Combat Fear
Fear is something that I struggled with for a long time. I am a huge worrier which is the first cousin to fear. It can be the most insignificant thing. My mom isn’t answering her phone when she’s home alone? My mind is running to all the terrible things that may have happened to her.…
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Shout Out To All The Mamas
I want to start this post by saying that this is obviously an opinion post. I know that being a stay-at-home versus working mama is a fairly controversial topic. Mamas on both sides are very opinionated and passionate about their feelings, and I just wanted to share mine. My husband says I am very opinionated…
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Father’s Day: Moving Past The Good, Sad, & Ugly
Father’s Day was on Sunday and as I went through the day I saw a variety of online posts about fathers. Some were good and some were not so good. In fact some were downright ugly. The Ugly Recently, one of my male coworkers jokingly made the statement “I have no kids… that I know…
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Having a Good Memory: Blessing or Curse?
I have come to realize that I have a very good memory. It is not quite photographic, but probably very close to it. I am able to remember certain events very distinctly; from my feelings, to the looks on others’ faces, to the reactions from an event. Over the years this has been both a…
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Becoming My Mother: A Tribute to My Mom
I have always joked that I share the other half of my mother’s brain. If we are out together and she is searching for the right word, I can supply it. If she forgets what’s on her schedule for next week, I can remind her. In my few years of adulthood, I have realized the…
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Appreciation for Teachers… and Others
This week was Teacher Appreciation Week and in my four years of teaching I have gained an extreme appreciation for those in the teaching profession. If you are a teacher you are familiar with all of the different professional who make a school successful. So I thought I would write this tribute to the amazing…
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Go and Sin No More – A Message of Encouragement!
In 2017, I have committed to reading through the Bible in a year. To do that I am doing my best to listen to the Bible every day. One day’s reading included John 8:1-11 which details the story of a woman who was brought before Jesus after having been caught in the act of adultery.…