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Monthly Archives: November 2015
Highlighting Your Story
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a day for family, friends, and food. It’s a day, in my mind, for thinking back on what is good in my life and looking forward to what’s to come. It’s a day of grandparents sharing tales … Continue reading
Tears and Fears
I’ll openly admit that one of my biggest fears is feeling helpless. I don’t like things to be out of control. I used to want everything in MY control, but I have worked on that and now just like everything … Continue reading
Posted in Just Because
Tagged emotions, kids, love, marriage, motherhood, parenting, stress
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Assumptions
My bodyweight is higher than the charts say it should be. It has been my entire adult life and most of my childhood too. For too many years I struggled with that fact. I dreaded the yearly weight checks in … Continue reading
Posted in Deep Breaths
Tagged community, confidence, connections, emotions, family, friendship, growing up, love, marriage, Self care, self love, self worth, sex life, stress, working out, worth, writing
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Kidquisitive
Everyone knows about the WHY? stage of childhood, but some kids never grow out of it. They keep pondering and questioning and wondering. I always think kids like this will follow their questions into research fields because they just never … Continue reading
Posted in Kids Quips
Tagged family, growing up, kids, love, motherhood, parenting, worth
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My Responses to Your Responses
A few weeks ago I wrote a letter to someone special in my life who was feeling unworthy. In writing that letter I realized I had other friends who felt similarly, but I didn’t realize how many and how much … Continue reading
Posted in Deep Breaths
Tagged connections, emotions, friendship, kindness, love, marriage, motherhood, Self care, self love, self worth, worth, writing
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Submarine Marriages
I’ve been called an advocate for military marriage. Truth be told, I’m for all marriage, but mine has been a military marriage from the start…so, yeah. I support military marriages. And, truth be told again, many of the struggles in … Continue reading
Posted in Deep Breaths
Tagged emotions, love, marriage, Navy life, parenting, Self care
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Praise for Pencils
A friend was telling me how her daughter, who is in Kindergarten, looks forward to ‘Fun Friday’ every week. The class gets 10 minutes to play a board game and gets to bring their own pencil from home! (Normally they … Continue reading
Posted in Just Because
Tagged emotions, growing up, kids, love, self love, worth, writing
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Telling Your Story When It Means Telling Another’s Too
I am a believer in telling your story. I think it’s healing, empowering, and helpful to others. Sometimes though (probably all the time, actually), telling our own story is telling someone else’s too. And what if that person isn’t ready … Continue reading
Posted in Your Story
Tagged emotions, family, friendship, kindness, Self care, sexual assault, stress, worth, writing
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Car Conversation, Two
I promise you that I cannot make this stuff up. ******* Me (following a slow car and teaching the children the art of whining about how others drive): I wish this car would go the speed limit. I really dislike … Continue reading
Lovely to Look Upon
What if we mentally focused on what was good about our bodies? What if we said, “Thank you,” to compliments rather than giving excuses or denying them or saying, “You have to say that, you’re my husband”? (By the way, … Continue reading
Posted in Deep Breaths
Tagged emotions, kindness, love, quirks, Self care, self love, self worth
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Sips of Stillness 