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A Message From Beyond {SOL 10.31.17}
The doorbell rang a little after 3:00 pm and I shuffled my way toward the front door. Peeking through the side lights, I saw four ladies standing on my front porch, holding Bibles. The bright daylight...
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Leave Your Excuses at the Door (Literally) {SOL 11.07.17}
This past week, I spent four days in Nashville at Christy Wright's Business Boutique event. Christy is an advocate, teacher, and business expert whose work involves helping women start and grow...
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The Memory Tree {SOL 11.28.17}
When my kids were babies, I started an annual tradition of creating a photo ornament of each of them. Every year, I would take a favorite photo (yes, we printed our photos -- at a store! -- in those...
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The Word That Chose Me {1.02.18}
A new year. A new One Little Word. I don't know about you, but I feel tremendous pressure when I go pick a new OLW. After all, I have to live with this word for an ENTIRE year, so I better get it...
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SOL #1 {3.01.18}: A Slice of Me
Here we are...off to the 2018 Slice of Life Challenge. I'm looking forward to making my writing muscle even stronger and to meeting new friends along the way over the coming days. To get things...
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SOL #2 {3.02.18}: How Do They Know?
How do the birds know when it's time to fly back north? This week has brought many old faces back to my yard -- Robins, Sandhill Cranes, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Kildeer, Canadian Geese, Finches, and...
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SOL #3 {3.03.18}: Packing Problems
I am a horrible packer. It's actually become a joke around here with my family teasing me that there must be a dead body in my suitcase because it weighs so much. You should see their exaggerated faces...
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SOL #4 {3.04.18}: Outside My Window
I sit in my favorite chair, a mug of coffee steaming on the table next to me. The book I'm reading sits there too, calling to me to pick it up. I'm almost done with it, after all. I just don't want the...
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SOL #5 {3.05.18}: Get Ready for It
I am making a concerted effort to walk my dog, Rosie, as often as possible. This wouldn't be a big deal except she doesn't like to walk. (Have you ever heard of such a thing?) She will literally pull...
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SOL #6 {3.06.18}: My Watch & Its Guilt Trips
I have a love/hate relationship with my watch. Last April, I splurged and bought myself an Apple Watch. One of the features of this watch is a daily reminder to exercise, stand, and move. Every...
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#DWHabit: DISINTEGRATE
I begin the day with BIG plans. I feel strong and capable, ready to take a deep dive and slay each and every one. My intentions are strong My eyes focused on the prize: Bold checkmarks down my to do...
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#DWHabit: PICK {6.08.18}
Lilac I round the corner of the house and without looking, I am 100% sure it has finally blossomed. The lilac bush. It's sweet, dense scent wafts through the air, tickling my nose, reassuring me that...
View Article#DWHabit: ABSORB {6.9.18}
Absorb is a funny word. When I taught my 4th and 5th graders how to use prefixes and suffixes to increase their vocabulary and decode bigger words, we learned that 'ab-" means away. I liked to teach my...
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#DWHabit: FAVOR {6.11.18}
I am not the kind of person who is comfortable asking a favor. I am the one who DOES the favor, the helper, the doer. If you are my friend and you ask for help I will walk to the end of the earth for...
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#DWHabit: DISPUTE {6.12.18}
I want a puppy. A soft, fury bundle of love. Who will get so excited to see me come home that she can't help but spring, spring, spring up and greet me. Who will snuggle with me on the sofa and fall...
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#DWHabit: EPHEMERAL {6.13.18}
ephemeral = short-livedlike a thought (why did I come in this room?) a laugh (she said what?) a scene (seven cardinals at the feeder) a scent (lilacs in bloom under the bedroom window) a sight...
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#DWHabit: POWERLESS {6.14.18}
Powerless We prepared the soil churned it up raked it out pulled the weeds with a merciless tug. Lovingly we dug the holes placed the seeds tucked them in with a gentle pat. We watered. We waited....
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#DWHabit: BRING {6.15.18}
BRING Packing for vacation is not fun. I'm not done until the suitcase is stuffed so full I have to sit on it to get it zippered.ziii..zi...ziiii..zipppp I know I bring too much. I know I will be made...
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#DWHabit: EMBRACE {6.17.18}
Light breaks the night, growing minute by minute. The darkness fades to dawn taking with it yesterday and all its stories. First the pink, then the orange, then finally the yellow. The birds awaken and...
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