The challenges of parenting today

June 29, 2026
parenting
I can't think of anything harder than parenting today. I don't have children of my own, but I clearly see the challenges in raising them today. It must feel like like trying to raise a human in a house with no walls and a thousand open windows. Your kids hear every voice and are exposed to every...
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Leave a Comment · Healthy Living, Inspiration

Here’s how to get busy living instead of getting busy...

October 12, 2021
It doesn't take a psychic to understand how hopeless people can feel as we close off our second year of a pandemic. I've had my own moments of feeling like I'm...
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1 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

Reaching back to the carefree innocence of the past

October 11, 2021
mourning
Isn't this an eye-catching image? What I love most is the sense of carefree ease it conveys to me, at a time I really long for that kind of carefree innocence. That's...
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4 Comments · Blog

Why I no longer twist like a pretzel

October 6, 2021
twist-like-a-pretzel
There was a day when I'd knock myself out trying to make a friendship or relationship work. Twist like a pretzel. Oh, the life contortions I was willing to make, the...
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If God is love, and He is, find him here

October 5, 2021
God-is-love
If, like me, you've wondered where simple human decency went, especially among professed "Christians," you will love John Pavlovitz' new book, If God is Love, Don't...
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5 Comments · Blog, Spirituality

How can we make this place beautiful?

September 30, 2021
make-this-place-beautiful
The world is at least fifty percent terrible, and that’s a conservative estimate, though I keep this from my children. For every bird there is a stone thrown at...
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Don’t ever lose heart

September 28, 2021
lose-heart
It's so important to stop, rest, take a break--even in the midst of all the craziness in our world. To not lose heart. How easy it is to spin out on the crazies,...
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9 Comments · Blog, Inspiration

Caution: opinion sanitizing station ahead!

September 23, 2021
sanitized
I'm shaking my head this morning as I read dozens of comments on a social media post I made of Jennifer Lopez wearing a wrinkly maxi dress (not the one in the image,...
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8 Comments · Blog, Opinion, Stylin'

Don’t kid yourself: inherited pain is real

September 22, 2021
inherited-pain
Inherited Pain Children who were abandoned grow up to love people who abandon them. This stopped me in my tracks with its truth. Inherited pain is...
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Easy scallops recipe for company or a night in

September 21, 2021
scallops-recipe
Making perfect scallops is easier than you think. I've watched chefs make them on so many cooking shows that if I can't make them by now, well, something's wrong....
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14 Comments · Recipes

What’s the best revenge?

September 16, 2021
revenge
l The best revenge is no revenge. Move on. Be happy. Find inner peace. Flourish. ~from a meme my friend, Peter, posted on social media. Just too wise to not...
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12 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Opinion, Spirituality

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